Re: [OT[ Question for German speaking DBAs
- From: Martin Klier <usn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: usn@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:49:12 +0100
Of course the sentence is wrong:
> From my - subjective - perspective, technical English isn't very much
> necessary for a DBA in Germany
Better:
> From my - subjective - perspective, technical German isn't very much
> necessary for a DBA in Germany
Sorry!
Martin Klier schrieb:
> Hi Alan,
>
> I'm German, and I'm a DBA, so I may fit in your filter. :)
>
> Guillermo Alan Bort schrieb:
>> Hey guys (or should I say Sehr Geehrte Damen und Herren),
>> I'm (slowly) learning German, I'm hoping to move to Germany within the
>> next year or so and as I hope to get a job as a DBA or something of the
>
>>From my - subjective - perspective, technical English isn't very much
> necessary for a DBA in Germany. Most technicans speak English very well,
> at least for technical terms.
>
> But what Stefan Knecht wrote in his very good reply in this thread is
> very true: Socially you will have a hard time without speaking and/or
> reading German. This has nothing to do with people do not want to speak
> English - the ones who can, will do and love it. But most of them do not
> practice speaking very often (despite the fact that everybody has to
> learn it at school for three years in lowest school level), and thus,
> are unsure and hesistate - what they think - to make a fool out of
> themselves.
>
> Your social life in Germany will depend heavily on the environment - in
> a city like Munich, Hamburg or Frankurt you will easily find bilingual
> people teching you to speak German by the way. But in the countryside
> (where you may find surprisingly attractive DBA jobs) it's not given
> that you can even talk basics to the landlord, and you definitively
> won't get a rental contract in English. Exception: Wherever US armed
> forces or British Army bases are, people are used to speak English, even
> in the middle of nowhere.
>
> Good luck, and let me know in PM if you need practical help.
>
> Regards
> Martin
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