As a Linguist, you will need to master following:

• manage intellectual property rights
• operate open source software

More generally, a linguist is also versed in:

• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply scientific methods
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• conduct research across disciplines
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• evaluate research activities
• grammar
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• linguistics
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mentor individuals
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• phonetics
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• publish academic research
• scientific research methodology
• semantics
• speak different languages
• spelling
• study acquisition of language
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• anthropology
• cooperate in linguistic process steps
• cultural history
• develop scientific theories
• develop terminology databases
• improve translated texts
• manage ICT semantic integration
• postediting
• apply blended learning
• apply teaching strategies
• computer engineering
• computer science
• conduct field work
• conduct public surveys
• develop technical glossaries
• forensic linguistics
• history
• history of literature
• interview focus groups
• journalism
• literature
• practical lexicography
• pronunciation techniques
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• teach languages
• terminology
• theoretical lexicography
• translate language concepts
• use consulting techniques
• use word processing software
• write research proposals