I wouldn't have been the programmer I am now without learning English. Everything starts in English. Every other languages catch up after a few years.

What's your native language? A year ago I started learning Chinese and I'm wondering if there will ever be a day that it helps me be a better engineer or programmer.

I'm Japanese. Too bad Japanese software industry is lagging behind due to the language barrier.

I use ECharts from Baidu, and have actually seen error messages in Chinese.

What are some examples from your native language or other languages you speak that have adopted English phrases or idioms? I'm curious to know more about what other languages adopt besides just names of items

And, judging by your command of the grammar and structure, you learned it quite well!

Thank you!

Coming from a language without articles I find it very hard to properly use them though. I guess it comes with plenty of practice.

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit I had to go look up what an article was to refresh my brain :)

Does anyone know of a service that matches people who want to chat via Skype to practice speaking skills ?

It’s non free, but italki.com may suit your needs.

Thanks. Tandem also looks nice and might be free.