grahamdart

Hi, I am asking this question because I would like to hear some of your opinions regarding learning chinese as a benefit in my career. I have been thinking about it ever since I learned that the company called foxconn is going to open a facility here in my city, and the so called "headhunters" are searching for people who speak english and chinese. This is going to happen a couple of months from now and there is no way I can benefit from this opportunity yet as I dont think I will be able to speak chinese a couple of months from now....
The thing is that I speak spanish and I also speak good english, and my career revolves around Information Technologies. Which is a career in which english dominates, so I have thought about it and I really dont think I could benefit much from chinese because almost everyone who works in this field already knows english. Besides, I wouldnt have any way to practice chinese, unless I get a chinese keyboard or something so that I could atleast practice in some chat's or forums

What do you all think about it? Do you think that chinese will become an important language like english?

I live in Taiwan where Foxconn is based and have been studying Chinese for 4 or so years here. Learning Chinese is totally doable if you're prepared to put in a couple of years of work... It helps to live somewhere Chinese is spoken.

What city are you in where Foxconn was hiring?

Putting English names into Chinese is tricky... Just approximating the sound with any old character that has a similar sound is not a good idea.Letting a native speaker help you pick a name is a must if you're going to use it for business, visa paperwork or a tattoo...