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by sam_lowry_ 1788 days ago
I studied to become a secondary school teacher, specialized in Romance languages.

One day, when I was teaching 7yo kids, my vocal cords failed me. I suddenly could not make a faintest sound with my mouth, and the condition persisted for a few hours.

Turns out, not everyone has a strong voice. It can be helped with some training, but I was told I should look for other career paths. I worked as Computational Linguist for a few years, then went into software development.