Re: Learning a Foreign Language
I think most professionals have English as their second language. It's by far the most used language in the oil and gas industry. Spanish would probably be a good second, but for some regions like the Arabic nations, China or maybe Russia, speaking the language can be very beneficial. I notice that most local hires (which are often in the majority due to political reasons) will often fall back to their mother tongue during general office chitchat. Being able to pick this up and participate can be very useful in both a social and business perspective. If you pick up languages quickly than I would definitely go for it. Most peoples problem is that they are moved around the globe frequently and find it hard to pick up a language; most of us are in the end Beta's.
