I was born and grew up in India. I came to U.S. for my Masters program 3 years ago and I'm currently employed in one of the U.S. based Telecom company based out of Dallas, Tx.
In India, there are more than 100 languages. With that being said, the education system in India is not unified. There's a national level education system and each state may have their own education system. Based on the education system, you may learn 'English' as first/second language. So whether you are a programmer or not, your English skill depends on your school system and the community you grew up with. There's a high chance that you may have poor english skills even if you took English as first language but never spoke in English outside of school and vice versa. You may have better English skills even if 'English' wasn't your first language in school.
When we talk about programmers, Yes. English is the de-facto programming language, however the communication at work may depend on the team/company. The clients of most IT companies are foreign countries like, U.S, U.K, etc., So people who work for these clients make an effort to learn and improve their 'English' written & spoken skills as it may provide an on-site opportunity.
I do not claim this, however I have heard that the 'english' skills of programmers from India is considered to be better than most of the other countries.
At my work, we are a small team but very diverse. We have 3 developers from non-english speaking countries and 2 developers from U.S. We do have challenges at work when it comes to communication, but everyone makes up an effort to explain and understand each others point of view (which is a blessing).
I was born and grew up in India. I came to U.S. for my Masters program 3 years ago and I'm currently employed in one of the U.S. based Telecom company based out of Dallas, Tx.
In India, there are more than 100 languages. With that being said, the education system in India is not unified. There's a national level education system and each state may have their own education system. Based on the education system, you may learn 'English' as first/second language. So whether you are a programmer or not, your English skill depends on your school system and the community you grew up with. There's a high chance that you may have poor english skills even if you took English as first language but never spoke in English outside of school and vice versa. You may have better English skills even if 'English' wasn't your first language in school.
When we talk about programmers, Yes. English is the de-facto programming language, however the communication at work may depend on the team/company. The clients of most IT companies are foreign countries like, U.S, U.K, etc., So people who work for these clients make an effort to learn and improve their 'English' written & spoken skills as it may provide an on-site opportunity.
I do not claim this, however I have heard that the 'english' skills of programmers from India is considered to be better than most of the other countries.
At my work, we are a small team but very diverse. We have 3 developers from non-english speaking countries and 2 developers from U.S. We do have challenges at work when it comes to communication, but everyone makes up an effort to explain and understand each others point of view (which is a blessing).
That's such a great team! ✨