“The jump to industry means recognizing transferable skills, industry prep, and interview prep” This episode is an audio presentation of a talk called “Alexa, how can I transition to industry positions with a background in (mostly qualitative) critical discourse analysis?” The presenter is Alfonso Sánchez-Moya, who previously appeared as a guest on this podcast. It was given in October 2023 at Georgetown University, as part of the Linguistics Career Series , a monthly talk series held by the Linguistics Department . In this series, Linguists who work outside academia speak to students about their personal career path, as well as introduce opportunities for linguists in different sectors of employment. Alfonso Sánchez-Moya is a discourse analyst currently employed at Amazon. The video recording of this talk is available on our YouTube channel, Linguistics Career Launch. Alfonso Sánchez-Moya on LinkedIn Alfonso’s website Topics include – discourse analysis – digital discourse – NLP – Alexa – tech work The post Episode #40: Alfonso Sánchez-Moya at Georgetown University first appeared on Linguistics Careercast .
