Difference between revisions of "Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2016 on self-taught developers"
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{{WIkiexcerpt|Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It is a privately held website, the flagship site of the Stack Exchange Network, created in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky. It features questions and answers on a wide range of topics in computer programming}} | {{WIkiexcerpt|Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It is a privately held website, the flagship site of the Stack Exchange Network, created in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky. It features questions and answers on a wide range of topics in computer programming}} | ||
==Education== | |||
[[File:Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results developer profile results.png|600px]] | |||
[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#developer-profile-education 40,183 responses from non-student developers] reported that 69.1% of software developers '''appear''' to be [[self-taught]], being the top education profile. This fact is misleading if one does not read the small print, which states that out of this 69.1%, '''only 13% report themselves as self taught only'''. That means that the remaining 56.1% did self-directed learning at some extend complementing their formal education, not by replacing it. 13% is nowhere near 69%, although the reading is positive: almost 1 in every 9 developers are excursively self-taught. | [https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#developer-profile-education 40,183 responses from non-student developers] reported that 69.1% of software developers '''appear''' to be [[self-taught]], being the top education profile. This fact is misleading if one does not read the small print, which states that out of this 69.1%, '''only 13% report themselves as self taught only'''. That means that the remaining 56.1% did self-directed learning at some extend complementing their formal education, not by replacing it. 13% is nowhere near 69%, although the reading is positive: almost 1 in every 9 developers are excursively self-taught. | ||
==Motivation== | ==Motivation== | ||
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Almost the same percentage of developers who self-taught at some extend reported that the motivation to ask or answer questions in Stack Overflow is due they learn because they love it, being just second to getting job-related help. So 61.9% report they use Stack Overflow for their own fun and is not necessarily attached to their jobs, in the sense that they could learn different programming languages or technologies as a hobby. | Almost the same percentage of developers who self-taught at some extend reported that the motivation to ask or answer questions in Stack Overflow is due they learn because they love it, being just second to getting job-related help. So 61.9% report they use Stack Overflow for their own fun and is not necessarily attached to their jobs, in the sense that they could learn different programming languages or technologies as a hobby. | ||
===Salary=== | |||
[[File:Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results developer salary results.png|600px]] | [[File:Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results developer salary results.png|600px]] | ||
All developers with five or more years of experience salary is above average. Self-taught developers have a mean salary of 110.1%, more or less in between the middle of all possible levels of [[formal education]]. In USA, all developers with five or more years of experience salary is slightly lower than the global results. | |||
[[File:Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results developer salary results USA.png|600px]] | [[File:Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results developer salary results USA.png|600px]] | ||
=References= | =References= | ||
Stack overflow [https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016 2016 survey]. | |||
Revision as of 17:42, 23 March 2021
Education
40,183 responses from non-student developers reported that 69.1% of software developers appear to be self-taught, being the top education profile. This fact is misleading if one does not read the small print, which states that out of this 69.1%, only 13% report themselves as self taught only. That means that the remaining 56.1% did self-directed learning at some extend complementing their formal education, not by replacing it. 13% is nowhere near 69%, although the reading is positive: almost 1 in every 9 developers are excursively self-taught.
Motivation
Almost the same percentage of developers who self-taught at some extend reported that the motivation to ask or answer questions in Stack Overflow is due they learn because they love it, being just second to getting job-related help. So 61.9% report they use Stack Overflow for their own fun and is not necessarily attached to their jobs, in the sense that they could learn different programming languages or technologies as a hobby.
Salary
All developers with five or more years of experience salary is above average. Self-taught developers have a mean salary of 110.1%, more or less in between the middle of all possible levels of formal education. In USA, all developers with five or more years of experience salary is slightly lower than the global results.
References
Stack overflow 2016 survey.