A few days ago, Xiao Grey answered a question from a backstage reader:
I am not good at math, is it suitable to be a programmer?
“My English is not good, is it suitable for me to be a programmer?
This is also a good question, small gray today to say his idea. Again, we need to look at it on a case-by-case basis.
If you want to work as a programmer in a foreign company, you must be able to speak and read English.
Why is that? You will need to communicate with your foreign colleagues face to face or remotely. You will also need to read and write Emails in English frequently.
Xiao Grey has worked in two foreign companies successively. The whole department of the first foreign company is all Chinese. Although we usually communicate in Chinese, we often communicate with our colleagues in the US headquarters in English emails and have at least one conference in English every week.
The project Leader of the second foreign company xiao Hui worked in was a French. He could hardly speak Chinese, so our daily communication was almost in English.
Therefore, if you work in a foreign company, English ability is a standard requirement.
If you just want to work as a programmer in a Domestic Internet company, your English ability won’t affect you much **. **
I don’t need to tell you more. Working in a domestic company, English is almost not used for any communication, so English ability is really not very important.
Some people may ask, programmers write so many English words in the code, how can say that the impact is not big?
In fact, the English vocabulary involved in programming is very limited, the most core words are not more than 100, more than a few times to recite down.
Here is a summary of common English words used by programmers, hoping to help programmers who are not good at English:
The abstract abstract
The access to visit
Alert warning
Algorithm algorithm
Allocate allocate
Application, application
Array an array
Attribute A feature or attribute
Backup backup
Binary binary
Bit a
Bug Program vulnerability
Byte bytes
Cache cache
Call calls
character
Class class
Client Indicates the client
The collection collection
Commit to submit
The connection to connect
Copy copies
The data of data
The debug debugging
The default default
The document document
The entity entities
Equal equal
The event event
The exception exception
Export export
The field field
The file file
Function C
The generate generated
Global global
Group, a group, the group
Heap heap
Host the host
Implement to realize
The import import
The instance instance
Interface interface
The library library
Link link
List the list
Load, load, load
The log log
The login to login
The memory of memory
The message the message
Method method
A. native B. native C. native D. native
object
Operation operation
Option option
Overload overloaded
Override to rewrite
Package bag
Port to port
Print to print
Programmer programmers
This is a project
The queue queue
Range, range
Record record
Remote distance
Return to return to
Save save
Stack, stack, stack
The stream flow
String string
The system system
Target = target
Of task
Template template
The text text
Thread the thread
The transaction transaction
The trigger flip-flop
Type type
The only unique
And user
The value value
Variable variables
This word summary, small grey as far as possible to pursue less and better, we feel that what important words need to add, also welcome to leave a message.
Finally, whether you are working in a foreign company or a domestic company, you need to remember one thing: English ability is never as important as technology for programmers.