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Re:I Learned French in 12 Months by BTBurke on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @12:56PM (#22358271)
I was an engineer, served in the military, and programming is now a hobby.

Not all diplomats are political science or economics majors. Policy touches so many sectors that it's useful to have people with backgrounds in many areas.

It's not uncommon to have prior software engineers, teachers, etc in the foreign service.

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