I am a developer by profession
United States dollar
Data or business analyst;Data scientist or machine learning specialist;Database administrator;Designer;Developer, back-end;Developer, desktop or enterprise applications;Developer, front-end;Developer, full-stack;Educator;Engineer, data;Engineer, site reliability;Engineering manager;Product manager;System administrator
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed full-time
White or of European descent
Industry that I’d be working in;Languages, frameworks, and other technologies I’d be working with;Opportunities for professional development
Slightly satisfied
I’m not actively looking, but I am open to new opportunities
.NET Core;Pandas;TensorFlow
.NET;.NET Core;Pandas
Confluence;Jira;Github;Slack;Google Suite (Docs, Meet, etc)
Confluence;Jira;Github;Microsoft Teams;Microsoft Azure;Google Suite (Docs, Meet, etc)
Somewhat important
Critically important
Having a bad day (or week or month) at work;Better compensation;Trouble with my teammates;Wanting to work with new technologies;Growth or leadership opportunities;Looking to relocate
Read company media, such as employee blogs or company culture videos;Publicly available financial information (e.g. Crunchbase);Personal network - friends or family;Read other media like news articles, founder profiles, etc. about the company;Directly asking current or past employees at the company
Once a year
Often: 1-2 days per week or more
Start a free trial;Ask developers I know/work with;Visit developer communities like Stack Overflow;Research companies that have advertised on sites I visit
Hello, old friend
Stack Overflow (public Q&A for anyone who codes);Stack Exchange (public Q&A for a variety of topics);Stack Overflow Jobs (for job seekers)
Visit Stack Overflow
20 to 99 employees
Arduino;AWS;Docker;Linux;MacOS;Raspberry Pi;Windows
AWS;Linux;MacOS;Microsoft Azure;Windows
I have a great deal of influence
Straight / Heterosexual
Yes, somewhat
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Multiple times per day
Appropriate in length
Computer science, computer engineering, or software engineering
Just as welcome now as I felt last year
At least 30