Re:AI fakers exposed in tech dev recruitment: postmortem
by clauderoux on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @07:06AM
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You've never been to France, right? Maybe this was true 20 years ago, but it is no longer the case. Where I work, in France, there are people who've been here for 10 years who still can't speak the language, which I find pretty depressing. Especially that learning French when you already speak English is pretty easy. I met enough people that managed to become fluent in French in six months to know that it is really not that hard when you put a bit of effort in it. What it usually shows is a lack of curiosity for your environment, which is a big red flag about the social skills about the person.
Re:AI fakers exposed in tech dev recruitment: postmortem
by Muromec on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @06:41AM
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>Slavic languages are much harder to learn and basically useless outside given country (with few exceptions but usable mostly for C2 or natives level).
Slavic languages are much harder for you. For speakers of other Slavic languages it's about a year of passive exposure to be somewhat conversational.
Re:AI fakers exposed in tech dev recruitment: postmortem
by smartties on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:48AM
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> in some languages like French natives basically refuse to speak to you
I've never seen this happen, but I do notice a lot of tourists asking for services or starting conversations without saying 'hello' or 'bonjour,' which is considered disrespectful in France
Don't judge easiness of learning language based on English - its one of the easiest out there to learn (I speak 5 languages and english is absolutely trivial compared to others), especially for folks with similar base (ie roman/germanic ones). Slavic languages are much harder to learn and basically useless outside given country (with few exceptions but usable mostly for C2 or natives level).
Also, compared to many other languages even very basic level of english gets you somewhere, in some languages like French natives basically refuse to speak to you or simply don't understand you unless you have cca B2 level (this is personal experience of me and folks around me where I live)