Why are San Francisco based companies increasingly putting Mandarin speaker in job descriptions??

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Because they need mandarin speakers.

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While most mandarin speakers are of Chinese descent not all are. I’m white and speak mandarin.

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Because they want to do business with China and there’s a big Chinese community in tech

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I’m sure we could come with a dozen reasons in short order. Perhaps they need to interact with...
- Chinese supply chain partners
- Chinese speaking US customers
- Chinese manufacturing org
- Chinese customers in China
- Chinese regulators
- Devs for a Chinese language product
- Counterparts in China-based business units

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If you were in Texas there would be an ask for Spanish and I would not assume bias - just a business need.

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Well they do have a bias - they’re biased towards qualified people.

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Are they Chinese companies or have offices in China?

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That's like the LATAM desk at an investment bank looking for Spanish speakers. Realize this OP, foreign language skills are a differentiator. Companies hiring for said skills are not discriminating against a protected class.

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Like which companies?

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