I started learning German at the age of 44, having done none beforehand. I did one year of fitting learning in (mainly from a Deutsch Welle radio course and the Babbel app) round a full-time job and a full-on life. I did one year of living in Germany with 3 hours a day, 4 days a week language classes.
So I will absolutely agree with the "going to school" advantage. That was necessary to egt where I got to.
After this my German was of a standard easily good enough to get offers from all 3 jobs that I interviewed for (in German) and then to do my professional job entirely in German thereafter. Which requires a reasonable amount of both written and verbal communication (analyst/programmer).
I do need to get better if I am to match my English fluency, but that would mean time I am not willing to devote right now (plus 12-20 years to build the vocabulary across many technical subjects, as it did in English!)
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So I will absolutely agree with the "going to school" advantage. That was necessary to egt where I got to.
After this my German was of a standard easily good enough to get offers from all 3 jobs that I interviewed for (in German) and then to do my professional job entirely in German thereafter. Which requires a reasonable amount of both written and verbal communication (analyst/programmer).
I do need to get better if I am to match my English fluency, but that would mean time I am not willing to devote right now (plus 12-20 years to build the vocabulary across many technical subjects, as it did in English!)
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And yeah, it takes aaaages to get a good technical vocabulary down. I'm hoping not to have to start over to do it in another language!