I am a developer by profession
United States dollar
Academic researcher;Data scientist or machine learning specialist;Designer;Developer, embedded applications or devices;Developer, full-stack;Developer, mobile
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Hispanic or Latino/a/x
Specific department or team I’d be working on;How widely used or impactful my work output would be;Opportunities for professional development
Slightly dissatisfied
I am actively looking for a job
.NET;.NET Core;Ansible;Apache Spark;Chef;Cordova;Flutter;Hadoop;Puppet;Teraform;Unreal Engine;Xamarin
Keras;Node.js;Pandas;React Native;TensorFlow;Torch/PyTorch;Unity 3D
Confluence;Facebook Workplace;Stack Overflow for Teams
Jira;Github;Gitlab;Slack;Microsoft Teams;Microsoft Azure;Trello;Google Suite (Docs, Meet, etc)
Somewhat important
Critically important
Wanting to share accomplishments with a wider network;Curious about other opportunities;Better compensation;Trouble with my teammates;Trouble with my direct manager;Trouble with leadership at my company;Better work/life balance;Wanting to work with new technologies;Growth or leadership opportunities;Looking to relocate
Read company media, such as employee blogs or company culture videos;Company reviews from third party sites (e.g. Glassdoor, Blind);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
Every few months
Sometimes: 1-2 days per month but less than weekly
Start a free trial;Ask developers I know/work with;Visit developer communities like Stack Overflow;Read ratings or reviews on third party sites like G2Crowd;Research companies that have advertised on sites I visit;Research companies that have emailed me
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)
Play games;Call a coworker or friend;Visit Stack Overflow;Go for a walk or other physical activity;Panic;Watch help / tutorial videos;Do other work and come back later
Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc.
MacOS;Slack Apps and Integrations
Android;Arduino;AWS;Docker;Google Cloud Platform;IBM Cloud or Watson;iOS;Kubernetes;Linux;Microsoft Azure;Raspberry Pi;Windows;WordPress
Straight / Heterosexual
No, not really
Less than once per month or monthly
Daily or almost daily
Appropriate in length
Mathematics or statistics
Somewhat more welcome now than last year
Under 30