Polish nationals studying engineering in Germany should narrow it down quite a bit.

Edit: definitely not a Pole. Likely in former Eastern Germany though (lots of people there have a working knowledge of Russian / Polish, people from the Western parts not so much).

Universities in former Eastern Germany with an engineering department?

He is very familiar with the differences between C, C++ and C#. Are there any Germans that can comment of what kind of student would have that knowledge? I thought that advanced engineering the degrees in Germany are too academic for students to be familiar with the intimate details of programming, but I might be wrong.

He mentioned he's been learning programming for about a year or so.

He also stated that he was apparently "self-taught"

A commenter on Reddit points out "I'm Polish and that's not how a Pole would spell Russian words. He's German."

User: rawrr69, on Reddit: "His writing style, long and nested sentences and use of commas are another hint. Plus he likes to laugh about and feel superior to other people and rectify their "mistakes" - 100% definitely German."

> Plus he likes to laugh about and feel superior to other people and rectify their "mistakes" - 100% definitely German."

well, as a German, I'd like to point out that this might have something to do with the fact that he is kind of an asshole. There are nice and well-mannered people here too.

I seriously hope you're joking right now (due to meta-ness, not because I hate Germans)