Specializing in NLU?

I don’t see that many job descriptions for NLU (compared to NLP), but I think considering my background in linguistics, it might make more sense to bet on that.

Anyone who works in the field and can give me some tips on how to learn more about it? I‘ve found the Stanford NLU course, but is there something better out there to start and get practice?

Generally, I am wondering which jobs can actually benefit from linguists, since I see …

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