I am a developer by profession
United States dollar
Data or business analyst;Data scientist or machine learning specialist;Database administrator;Developer, back-end;Developer, desktop or enterprise applications;Developer, embedded applications or devices;Developer, front-end;Developer, full-stack;DevOps specialist;Engineer, data;Engineer, site reliability;System administrator
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
White or of European descent
Flex time or a flexible schedule;Specific department or team I’d be working on;How widely used or impactful my work output would be
Slightly dissatisfied
I’m not actively looking, but I am open to new opportunities
Node.js
Node.js
Jira;Github;Gitlab;Slack;Trello;Google Suite (Docs, Meet, etc)
Jira;Github;Gitlab;Slack;Trello;Google Suite (Docs, Meet, etc)
Somewhat important
Not at all important/not necessary
Just because;Having a bad day (or week or month) at work;Curious about other opportunities;Better compensation;Trouble with leadership at my company;Better work/life balance;Wanting to work with new technologies
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
Often: 1-2 days per week or more
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)
Meditate;Play games;Visit Stack Overflow;Go for a walk or other physical activity;Panic;Do other work and come back later
2 to 9 employees
Android;Arduino;Docker;Linux;Windows;WordPress
Android;Arduino;Docker;Linux;MacOS;Windows;WordPress
Straight / Heterosexual
Yes, somewhat
Daily or almost daily
Too long
Computer science, computer engineering, or software engineering
Just as welcome now as I felt last year
At least 30