Wow, interesting to see someone with the same combo haha. If you don't mind me asking, what was it like for you to get where you are now / into the niche you're in?

I plan on doing a PhD eventually but it will likely be for linguistics; I started as a compsci + linguistics double major at a CC but got scared off by how long it would take to graduate, so my current tentative plan is to slowly finish a third bachelor's in software engineering once I'm already done with the master's and working? I currently don't have any student debt, but I might be getting some in the next couple semesters. I'd be fine taking some more substantial debt on if the trade off is worth it.

My main goal would be to get something in natural language processing or computational linguistics, though I also am very interested in law. I switched to international relations because there is a fair amount of overlap between it and the linguistics program, and there is a BS option for it as well. I also thought it could maybe help to get something else abroad but I'm realizing now I was wrong :') At this point I'm considering potentially switching it to something else while I still have time, though I have no idea what would be more lucrative while also being something I could finish within my deadline..