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| 1 | +The Public 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results |
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| 3 | +Description: |
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| 5 | +The enclosed data set is the full, cleaned results of the 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Free response submissions have been removed from the results to protect the privacy of respondents. |
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| 7 | +The survey took place January 7 - January 25, 2016, with responses sourced from Stack Overflow, Stack Exchange technical sites, and Facebook and Twitter. All questions were optional. You can find the official published results here: |
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| 9 | +http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016 |
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| 11 | +Find previous survey results here: |
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| 13 | +http://stackoverflow.com/research/ |
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| 15 | +Legal: |
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| 17 | +This database - The Public 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results - is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL): http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/. Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/ |
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| 19 | +TLDR: You are free to share, adapt, and create derivative works from The Public 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results as long as you attribute Stack Overflow, keep the database open (if you redistribute it), and continue to share-alike any adapted database under the ODbl. |
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| 21 | +Acknowledgment: |
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| 23 | +Massive, heartfelt thanks to all Stack Overflow contributors and lurking developers of the world who took part in the survey this year. We value your generous participation more than you know. |
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| 25 | +Database schema: |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +Column Name --- Survey Question --- Note (if any) |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +'collector' --- N/A --- Respondent source |
| 30 | +'country' --- In what country do you currently reside? --- |
| 31 | +'un_subregion' --- N/A --- Region inferred by country location (UN region) |
| 32 | +'so_region' --- N/A --- Region inferred by country location (semi-arbitrary Stack Overflow region groupings) |
| 33 | +'age_range' --- How old are you? |
| 34 | +'age_midpoint' --- N/A --- Age inferred by age range |
| 35 | +'gender' --- What is your gender? --- Gender provided by respondent |
| 36 | +'self_identification' --- What do you consider yourself? (select all that apply) |
| 37 | +'occupation' --- Which of the following best describes your occupation? |
| 38 | +'occupation_group' --- N/A --- Inferred from occupation |
| 39 | +'experience_range' --- How many years of IT / programming experience do you have? |
| 40 | +'experience_midpoint' --- N/A --- Inferred from experience_range |
| 41 | +'salary_range' --- What is your annual gross earnings or salary (including bonus) in USD? |
| 42 | +'salary_midpoint' --- N/A --- Inferred from salary_range |
| 43 | +'big_mac_index' --- N/A --- Jan 2016 Big Mac Index for country from: http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index |
| 44 | +'tech_do' --- Which of the following languages or technologies have you done extensive development with in the last year? (select all that apply) |
| 45 | +'tech_want' --- Which of the following languages or technologies do you WANT to work with this year? (select all that apply) |
| 46 | +'aliens' --- Do you believe in aliens? |
| 47 | +'programming_ability' --- On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your programming ability? |
| 48 | +'employment_status' --- How would you describe your current employment status? |
| 49 | +'industry' --- How would you best describe the industry you currently work in? |
| 50 | +'company_size_range' --- What is the size of your company? |
| 51 | +'team_size_range' --- What is the size of your team? |
| 52 | +'women_on_team' --- How many women are on your team? |
| 53 | +'remote' --- Do you work remotely? |
| 54 | +'job_satisfaction' --- How satisfied are you with your current job(s)? |
| 55 | +'job_discovery' --- How did you discover your current job? |
| 56 | +'dev_environment' --- What development environments do you use regularly? (select all that apply) |
| 57 | +'commit_frequency' --- How frequently do you check-in or commit code? |
| 58 | +'hobby' --- How much time per week do you spend programming as a hobby, or working on side projects or open-source? |
| 59 | +'dogs_vs_cats' --- Dogs or cats? |
| 60 | +'desktop_os' --- Which desktop operating system do you use most? |
| 61 | +'unit_testing' --- Is unit testing worth the effort? |
| 62 | +'rep_range' --- What is your current Stack Overflow reputation? |
| 63 | +'visit_frequency' --- How frequently do you read Stack Overflow questions or answers? |
| 64 | +'why_learn_new_tech' --- What is your primary motivation for learning new programming languages or technologies? |
| 65 | +'education' --- What amount of formal or professional programming training have you received? (select all that apply) |
| 66 | +'open_to_new_job' --- Are you currently looking for a job or open to new opportunities? |
| 67 | +'new_job_value' --- When evaluating a new employment opportunity what's most important to you? (select up to 3) |
| 68 | +'job_search_annoyance' --- What annoys you most when searching for a new job? |
| 69 | +'interview_likelihood' --- If you applied to a job at Google, what do you think is the likelihood you would get an interview? |
| 70 | +'how_to_improve_interview_process' --- How can companies improve the interview process? (select up to 3) |
| 71 | +'star_wars_vs_star_trek' --- Star Wars or Star Trek? |
| 72 | +'agree_tech' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I love the technologies I use at work. |
| 73 | +'agree_notice' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- Every day I notice things that can be improved by better software. |
| 74 | +'agree_problemsolving' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I love problem solving. |
| 75 | +'agree_diversity' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- Diversity in the workplace is important. |
| 76 | +'agree_adblocker' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I always use an ad blocker. |
| 77 | +'agree_alcohol' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I occasionally drink alcohol while coding. |
| 78 | +'agree_loveboss' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I love my boss. |
| 79 | +'agree_nightcode' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I love coding late at night. |
| 80 | +'agree_legacy' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I work with a lot of legacy code. |
| 81 | +'agree_mars' --- How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? --- I want to go to Mars right now, even if there's a chance I never come back. |
| 82 | +'important_variety' --- What's important to you at work? --- Working on a variety of projects |
| 83 | +'important_control' --- What's important to you at work? --- Having control over product decisions |
| 84 | +'important_sameend' --- What's important to you at work? --- Ending work at the same time every day |
| 85 | +'important_newtech' --- What's important to you at work? --- Learning new technologies |
| 86 | +'important_buildnew' --- What's important to you at work? --- Building something new |
| 87 | +'important_buildexisting' --- What's important to you at work? --- Improving existing applications |
| 88 | +'important_promotion' --- What's important to you at work? --- Getting promoted |
| 89 | +'important_companymission' --- What's important to you at work? --- Believing strongly in my company's mission |
| 90 | +'important_wfh' --- What's important to you at work? --- Working from home |
| 91 | +'important_ownoffice' --- What's important to you at work? --- Having my own office |
| 92 | +'developer_challenges' --- What are the biggest challenges you face as a developer? (select up to 3) |
| 93 | +'why_stack_overflow' --- Why do you use Stack Overflow? (select all that apply) |
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