Korean in Esports - Learning a New Language for Employability

One of my priorities I focus of for my own employability is have small things that set me apart from other applicants and make me memorable. Within esports, I wanted to come up with something that would give me this small edge. Something that I've wanted to do for a long time is learn a new language, and this fit really well with the current state of some sides of the esports industry.

Certain esports have a huge Korean player-base, and from this, a huge Korean fanbase. This can be seen when just looking at this table showing the amount of Korean players in Overwatch League (one of the largest scale esports leagues) teams from the first to the second season...

Source: reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/9pk53b/owl_teams_korean_players/

From this, I surmised that even knowing very basic Korean could be a huge benefit to me when applying for community and marketing jobs in esports (as, the chances are, I'll end up communicating with Korean clients/customers/fans at some point). If I can state on my CV that I could write a few basic Tweets in Korean to connect with a companies Korean fanbase, it could be the small factor that makes me memorable.

I decided to teach myself with the assistance of the Duolingo app (as this was the most recommended option to me when I asked online), as well as maybe getting into Korean music and TV (just so I'm a little more used to how the words I'm learning sound in practice. However, once I get a full time job, I intend to pay for one-on-one tuition from a native Korean instructor.

So far (as of 6/5), I am about half way through learning the alphabet fundamentals of the language (something that is crucial before moving onto the basic conversation), after having practised for at least 20 minutes per day, everyday, for 3 weeks. I am now beginning to understand how sounds and vowels are represented in each hanja, and I'm actually really enjoying it and finding it very exciting!