> 通訳の仕事は視野が広がるし、自分自身も成長できるよね

In this message why is し used instead of から？I thought し was mainly for when
there’s multiple reasons for things. Is there another use or reason for it or
is it kinda like や, where the other reasons might not be stated?
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grammar word-choice usage particle-し
Why was し used instead of から？
This し simply means “and”.  
It means “Interpreter job can widen your view and make you grow.”  
や can’t replace し in this sentence because や can’t be after a verb or
adjective. And し can’t be after a noun.

Sometimes し means から(because).

> 今日は寒いし、外出はしたくない。  
>  I don’t want to go out today because it’s clod.

When し is used as から(because) like the example above, there’s another reason.
I think he may be sleepy.

> 今日は寒いし、眠いし、外出はしたくない。  
>  I don’t want to go out today because it’s clod and I’m sleepy.

In this sentence, I think he has no other reason.
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As you state in your question, し is used

> when there's **multiple** reasons for things.

As you also point out:

> ... or is it kinda like や, where the other reasons might not be stated?

it can be used to imply that there might be other reasons _not stated_ besides
the stated one. Therefore, し can be used even with one element:

> 私の仕事は給料も低いし。In my job, I have a low salary (and more negative things such as
> overtime, short vacations or whatever item that can be grouped along with
> 「給料も低い」).

In your sentence, there are 2 items (and there might be more items not
stated):

  1. 視野が広がる。 Expand [one's] field of vision.
  2. 自分自身も成長できる。Can increase self-confidence.

However, it is not clear whether this items are reasons for something or not.
To me, it looks like they are just a description of 「通訳の仕事」 Can you provide
more context? For example, they could be the reasons why you like the
interpreter job:

> 通訳の仕事 **が好きな理由** は視野が広がるし、自分自身も成長できるよね。The reasons why I like the job as
> interpreter are that you expand your field of vision, it can increase your
> self-confidence _and so on_.

In any case, since there is more than one reason and they might be other
unstated reasons, it is used し instead of から.
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