I speak only one language
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aidenhera
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I knew 2 languages by age of 13 thats why i have many internet friends
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I speak 5, but knowing language doesn't make you intelligent (or rich), just opens new horizons.
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yeah i speak 7 including html php javascript css
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BHSEONewb
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No. There are a multitude of studies that show that certain people's brains are just wired for languages better than others. I have a more "analytical mind" and I can quickly pick up programming languages, but struggle with more than a handful of words in a spoken language. I knew people who are wizards with languages, but struggle with using basic computer programs. So there's always a trade off. I helped my high school tutor with her computer needs and she tutored me so I'd pass the class.
Also there are studies into the "plasticity" of the brain (it's ability to form new pathways and adapt) that show that at age 12 the plasticity drops. That's why they recommend starting kids on a second language prior to age 12 now and some out here start as early as preschool. If they start early, they not only have a better chance of learning it, but they have a better chance of learning a third and fourth and so on language later in life.
Also there are studies into the "plasticity" of the brain (it's ability to form new pathways and adapt) that show that at age 12 the plasticity drops. That's why they recommend starting kids on a second language prior to age 12 now and some out here start as early as preschool. If they start early, they not only have a better chance of learning it, but they have a better chance of learning a third and fourth and so on language later in life.
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davvv
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If you feel like learning a new language, could be worth just downloading the Duolingo app and giving it a go (pretty sure the app is free).
BHSEONewb
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That you and I are alike! I'm in the USA and a native English speaker. Did well in English classes, sucked at calculus, but did quite well at coding and computers in general. Was my high school's "go to guy" for everything from programming cash registers to fixing the principal's computer. I went to a University that had a good computer program that didn't require math beyond something called "discreet math", which I like to call "math theory for non-math people."
aidenhera
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congratz, im from europe THOUGH
yeah most uni IT degrees require good math scores on exams tbh in majority of civilized countries. there lot of stuff to do in IT without math
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There're many ways to define intelligence and being able to learn languages is just one way. Any mental exercise is beneficial and learning languages is especially practical one in my opinion. I'm fluent in few and I can communicate to basic degree in a bunch of others. I happen to pick up languages and find patterns in them rather easily. However, I wouldn't say, that I'm intelligent in a way of planning, reasoning and critical thinking. I'm way to much emotionally driven and I make terrible money decisions - investing, trading, decing on niche, etc.
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I specially use google translator for any conversion 
PaintedBlack
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Intelligence is working with what you have, not memorizing some random stuff your parents thought would be good for you. I've felt this on my skin with my parents pushing me into both sides of the Cold War.
I speak 3 counting my native one. Knowing English is what completely shaped my entire life, I'd be lost without it. Knowing the 3rd and a little bit of many other European languages has given me nothing except a faint sense of satisfaction and opportunity to be witty and cool in front of foreigners when I greet them in their language.
There are tons of these washed out pseudointellectual articles online talking about bilingual and polylingual people being some wizards with a car battery plugged into their brain because it's required to process the vast neural bandwidth they have been blessed by. It's a bunch of crap. I honestly think knowing English is more important than knowing any other academic subject today. English holds the widest array of best literature and information currently and it's never going to be overtaken by any other language. It holds dominion over information. Moreover, it holds dominion over communication and business in a world that's becoming more globalized and unified.
You don't need another language. Don't waste time learning any other unless you truly want to, or feel it can be profitable. When someone approaches you in communication and boasts his arsenal of a dozen languages just go ahead and ask them if they can do business with it or read the famous writers that wrote in it or sung in it by their default. I've been practicing Russian for a decade by now and I can't. I can talk to Russians, do business with them, won't need Google's help if I ever visit ex-USSR countries or something, yet I can't really delve into the depth of it even at this point and read Russian classical writers. Have to open a translated English version instead and I end up missing a sea of subtle literary constructs and thoughts. It's a waste, not to mention Russia's younger generations are massively adopting English through the influx of western culture. They came to us, I wasted time trying to go to them. Did me no good...
Also, shoutout to all the basic bitches that think they can speak French or Spanish because they memorized a vocabulary of 30 words.
I speak 3 counting my native one. Knowing English is what completely shaped my entire life, I'd be lost without it. Knowing the 3rd and a little bit of many other European languages has given me nothing except a faint sense of satisfaction and opportunity to be witty and cool in front of foreigners when I greet them in their language.
There are tons of these washed out pseudointellectual articles online talking about bilingual and polylingual people being some wizards with a car battery plugged into their brain because it's required to process the vast neural bandwidth they have been blessed by. It's a bunch of crap. I honestly think knowing English is more important than knowing any other academic subject today. English holds the widest array of best literature and information currently and it's never going to be overtaken by any other language. It holds dominion over information. Moreover, it holds dominion over communication and business in a world that's becoming more globalized and unified.
You don't need another language. Don't waste time learning any other unless you truly want to, or feel it can be profitable. When someone approaches you in communication and boasts his arsenal of a dozen languages just go ahead and ask them if they can do business with it or read the famous writers that wrote in it or sung in it by their default. I've been practicing Russian for a decade by now and I can't. I can talk to Russians, do business with them, won't need Google's help if I ever visit ex-USSR countries or something, yet I can't really delve into the depth of it even at this point and read Russian classical writers. Have to open a translated English version instead and I end up missing a sea of subtle literary constructs and thoughts. It's a waste, not to mention Russia's younger generations are massively adopting English through the influx of western culture. They came to us, I wasted time trying to go to them. Did me no good...
Also, shoutout to all the basic bitches that think they can speak French or Spanish because they memorized a vocabulary of 30 words.
BHSEONewb
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I'm in California, our UC (state University system) requires some seriously high level of math which you're highly unlikely to use as a programmer. Those schools focus more on theory rather than application. Our "CS" Cal State system requires a moderate amount of advanced math, still more than is required for the real world, and they focus on the more practical knowledge. I went to a private college, which was a mix of both theory and practical and only needed a little math.
Like you said, there is a LOT you can do in IT w/o math. I spent 15 years working IT for telecom, insurance, music industry retail and healthcare at some very large and mult-national companies. Never needed more than the basic add/subtract/multiply/divide math doing everything from tech support to Info Sec.
BHSEONewb
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I would love to know enough German to understand Rammstein's lyrics in their native tongue, but that's it. Right now all I can do is order a beer... which is pretty much all I need in reality. LOL!
crystalcelebi
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I speak two languages and understand 3 more. Knowing more languages opens your horizons but if you have trouble learning languages you might put emphasys on your other skills. Knowing one language does not mean you're not smart, just that your intelligence is not mainly in languages area... Maybe it is social area or arts or calculations.
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TL;DR. No.