I'd say you're at a huge advantage being there mostly because, IMO, conversational Chinese is much more difficult to master than the formal Chinese you hear on the news or read in the paper. You don't have to go into detail, but try to get the gist. Try to read the news in Chinese everyday. At the upper intermediate level, you should be able to handle almost all everyday situations (even if it feels clumsy). I took a 2 month immersion trip to Beijing while I was still in the Air Force and my OPI went from upper intermediate to advanced. (一和二) You are already doing the best thing possible. The best thing of the whole job though was simply the fact that I learned Chinese. I really miss that additional bit of current events information. Like state department economic reports or reports on Russian mafia involvement with European oil companies. The thing I liked most though: During downtime (which there was a shit ton of) I could just browse the classified web and read about really cool shit happening all over the world. It was tedious, but it was also a sort of satisfying positive feedback loop. Looking back though, I do miss sitting rack sometimes. It was cool as shit, but it served no purpose except to justify large budget increases. In the two years after it was built, the ONLY times I ever saw it being used was when we had some senator or general come visit. Several tens of millions of dollars this thing cost. When I was there they built this really cool 3-d holographic projection thingy that mapped and tracked asset movements. There was one really cool thing that our underground facility in Hawaii had.
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But it was also interesting to see how the intel machine works (and it is WAY less cool and WAY less advanced than depicted on tv and movies). It got quite tedious when just 'sitting rack,' which is what we call the watch floor jobs where we wear headphones and translate real-time voice communications. The job had high points and low points like any other. If I'd listed Spanish as first choice, they would've just said 'fuck you' and picked among those three for me. I scored a 147/150 on the Defense Language Aptitude Battery, so that pretty much meant I was either getting Chinese, Arabic, or Korean. Follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook!įacebook Twitter Instagram Calendar Please check out our Rules and FAQs.Email us at Step-by-step guide to doing an AMA.See more on our comment removals policy here.Attempting to bypass this rule by adding a ? to a non question will result in a permanent ban.All initial responses to posters must contain a properly punctuated question.Requests should be posted in /r/IAmARequests.See here for tips concerning proof and examples.If it must remain confidential, you can submit proof on our website so we can verify you and your claims. Proof should be included in the text of the post when you start your AMA.Explanation and examples of this rule can be found here.Something uncommon that plays a central role in your life, or.Submit an AMA Request an AMA Please check out our Rules and FAQs
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