There’s nothing extraordinary that the most of the modern post-graduates need to use foreign languages for the perspective occupations or accommodations abroad. And it doesn’t surprising me, that the success of the career makes sense only with having English in the mental baggage. So in the lines below I want to consider this problem: the issues of English language mastering.
The friend of mine has joined the Facebook last year, and there was no any magic. Challenging in programming contests didn’t make him a winner, but he was aimed by the company scouts, but the main difficulty was to pass the interview. Making good code doesn’t guarantee that you’re in, the language skills were very important too, as he didn’t understand the 80 % of the things were said. The other one took a chance on Google and his English knowledge helped him of course. The problems may start in making C.V, then the interview itself consisted of three parts, the phone one, the technical and on-site. Both of them have the IT qualifications and all the basic literature is historically in English.
According to the specific of my further professional skills, which have strong relevance with different electronic and mechanical equipment, I suppose that the issue of the English language is quite actual in this way. The area of this use is global too. The Siemens Company is well-known not only with its cell-phones but it’s a very important and big player on the micro-electronic field. It includes the controllers, sensors and other products of the automation, building, drive and energy technologies. And perhaps I’ll try to hire this job. The advanced automation in all its forms nowadays has the foreign roots. I think it’s not only documentation , but the communication in this area implies the possession of English. So the issue of his application is not just a problem to solve, but the essential attribute of the further career.