It's probably very presumptuous to compare myself to the writer, but for me it's kind of the other way round. My native tongue is German (but I grew up speakin

It's probably very presumptuous to compare myself to the writer, but for me it's kind of the other way round. My native tongue is German (but I grew up speaking Bavarian first, which is clearly German but not just pronounced differently, there are also some grammatical peculiarities...) but I started to learn English pretty early - and all things considered I much more prefer English to German. I've never lived abroad and spoken it daily for more than 3 weeks (unless you count the internet) - but going into programming it's the lingua franca, I don't think I've read even 10 German books about programming or computer science. Still, if I'm not talking daily (like with coworkers who don't speak German) my use gets rusty and faltering and so I wouldn't call myself absolutely fluent when being honest and not just padding a resume :P Still, I prefer the sound of English, I like many more English dialects than German ones, and even puns are easier to craft ;) But overall I wouldn't advise anyone to not learn German, at least if you like hard work, pain and humiliation.