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Speaking Dutch is not necessary at Booking.com.
But definitely a plus in Amsterdam. You can get by fine with English but to really feel at home - you should know the language. This is assuming you want to make the place you live in feel like home.
Hmm, so the news of Perl's deaths have been exaggerated then?
Well, something that surprises me is why hasn't this post been upvoted at least once (after 25 minutes) ? I'm pretty sure it can be interesting to many more people (I would be if I loved perl, but I don't practice it).
If you already know C, bash, Ruby, Python or PHP, you will find a lot of carryover to Perl.
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Speaking Dutch is not necessary at Booking.com.
But definitely a plus in Amsterdam. You can get by fine with English but to really feel at home - you should know the language. This is assuming you want to make the place you live in feel like home.
I was eventually able to pronounce Scheveningen, though.
Edit: All this is to say, of all the non-English-speaking countries to go to as an English speak, The Netherlands is probably the easiest to get by in.
Are they trying to prove the infinite monkey theorem, empirically?
40 ?! Are they trying to prove the infinite monkey theorem, empirically?
40 ?! Are they trying to prove the infinite monkey theorem, empirically?
I don't think really. Based on some discussion, it seems they are more adding a pile of new servers everyday, and they also seem to do a very good job at automating their process etc.
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But definitely a plus in Amsterdam. You can get by fine with English but to really feel at home - you should know the language. This is assuming you want to make the place you live in feel like home.
I lived in Den Haag for three months and I was surprised at how little Dutch was spoken on a day-to-day basis. Everyone defaulted to English all the time, and the only people I met who didn't speak it were immigrants from other countries (usually Russia). I was eventually able to pronounce Scheveningen, though. Edit: All this is to say, of all the non-English-speaking countries to go to as an English speak, The Nethe…
40 ?! Are they trying to prove the infinite monkey theorem, empirically?
I don't think really. Based on some discussion, it seems they are more adding a pile of new servers everyday, and they also seem to do a very good job at automating their process etc.
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40 decent perl programmers in Amsterdam is going to be tough to fill.
The only ones I know of that are good with Perl you wouldn't want to hire for any reason.
First I thought they meant Perl programmers 40 years and older, but age discrimination is illegal here :)