It does seem like English is becoming more dominant and more dominant. There are cafes in Berlin now where staff speak no German as the city becomes more and mo

It does seem like English is becoming more dominant and more dominant. There are cafes in Berlin now where staff speak no German as the city becomes more and more international, and one of the daily papers recently decided to do a regular English language version. As far as the expat community goes here, it's probably more important that you speak English than German (ideally both of course). I am curious to see how this plays out over the next 10-20 years, although I can't see English taking over fully. Of course it's much easier to learn a new programming language, than it is to learn a new natural language. You can't pick up German over the weekend, until we figure out the technology to help us do that.