To put things in perspective...
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 12:42 -0600, ext Fred Bauder wrote:
However it is hard to imagine an ideal second language that is not European; only Arabic is spoken by a large diverse population with internet access.
Already in 2009 China had more Internet users than USA had citizens. It is considered that nowadays there are more mobile Internet users in China than citizens in the USA.
This position is offered primarily in California, where 40% of the population are native speakers of a language other than English. Spanish leads the list by large, followed by Chinese. Then you have all the people that has learned other languages and are able to use them at work.
Conclusion: not really a big deal and somewhat expected in a position like this. Combining a degree in journalism with CSS skills is definitely more tricky. I wonder whether this is required at all with the publishing tools available nowadays (including MediaWiki) and the usual (and laudable) focus on clear content this community has.
-- Quim