On 13-10-01 10:33 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 11:00:13AM -0300, Marcelo Cavalcante wrote:
2013/10/1 Nicholas Accad <[email protected]>:
Marcelo;
Yes, this is a reality even for IT, or at least, it was for me when I packed
my bags and left 4 years ago.
So where are you now? And where are you from?
At the same time I see people saying this kind of thing (as in the
article I sent you) I can also see many people, including from my
country (Brazil), saying that it's hard at the beginning, but it gets
easier with time. As you start to get some fluence on french,
Fluency in French is essential.
A working knowledge of and some comfort is necessary, but I know many
people who are not "fluent" yet have good jobs and get by just fine. I
consider my french to be terrible, just enough to order coffee or tell a
web designer his ideas are stupide. Seriously, this is what most jobs
require, that you understand what is said to you, and you can make
yourself understood. That said, all the tech jobs I have had in Montreal
have been with English-only firms.
The problem is, we don't speak the French most people learn here. Get
some Quebecois TV shows to see what I mean. You may be hurting yourself
if you are learning "France French".
Jeremy
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