Is it worth it to learn Chinese as an adult?
My parents are Chinese, but I was born here. I can talk about basic things but I often don’t know the tones of words, so I often get them wrong. I passed HSK4. I think it will take me 5-10 years of learning for 1 hour per day to have working proficiency - being able to work in China as a non native speaker. When I look at it rationally, I can’t really justify the ROI. Any thoughts? Is there any tail benefits such as raising money, copying Chinese companies, more opportunities to go back to China?
Yes if you wanna join alibaba or tiktok
It'll probably just end up like daddy zuck. Enough to wow the media and have a Chineses wife, not enough to convince Xi to let FB in
You call zuck "daddy"?
Shit. He told me not to say that in public
Yes if you work with a team of predominantly Chinese employees so you can understand what they're talking about
Not sure it’s such a good idea
Learn Japanese instead. You can watch Anime without subtitles 😂
I think for you the level of effort will be low to learn the language. It’s worth it
Detroit auto industry jobs have many asking for Chinese or Japanese proficiency
你做什么工作？也可以到亚洲出差、做多语言软件。我是老外在大学学了，有时候有用
Yes so that you can figure out what your Chinese colleagues are saying behind your back.
Is it true that Airbnb engineering department is mainly Chinese, and Mandarin is the primary verbal language?
It's not just Airbnb tho
I have a feeling that those posting in Chinese are trolling, but I don't know what they are saying.