For those who are interested, here are the results of the four poll questions I’ve posted over the past for months (with commentary and my response to each):
Are you a...
- Software Developer – 49%
- Technical/Team Lead – 31%
- Manager – 11%
- Other – 9%
Commentary: 80% of my readers are developers or tech leads?! Gasp! Choke!
I’m kidding – no surprises here. I am curious what the “other” category consists of – I can only assume DBAs, network and sys admins, helpdesk, and QA folk.
For those who are curious, I marked myself as a Software Developer.
What is your main programming language?
- A .NET language – 36%
- Java – 22%
- C/C++ – 14%
- Other – 12%
- PHP – 7%
- Ruby – 5%
- Perl – 3%
Commentary: I purposefully left this question ambiguous so people could choose their favorite language or the language they use the most.
72% of readers use enterprise languages such as .NET, Java, and C/C++, 15% use scripting languages, and 12% fall into “other.” I realized after I posted that I left out VB5/6…sorry about that.
For myself, I selected “A .NET laguage.”
How old are you?
- 20-29 – 51%
- 30-39 – 38%
- 40-49 – 8%
- 50-59 – 2%
- Under 20 or over 60 – 1%
Commentary: I probably shouldn’t be, but I was shocked that 89% of my readers are 20-39 years old. I guess software development coupled with reading a blog really narrows the field to that age group. Way to break the mold 40, 50 and 60 year olds!
I marked 30-39.
What is your highest level of education?
- Bachelor’s Degree – 54%
- Master’s Degree – 24%
- Up to a high school diploma – 20%
- PhD or higher – 2%
Commentary: A pretty even distribution with Bachelor’s earners (myself included) at slightly more than half the readership.
4 comments ↓
Next poll are you from 1) USA 2) UK 3) Australia 4) INDIA etc ?
I’m not surprised by the results. Just confirms my thoughts on who is reading blogs and trying to improve themselves.
I didn’t ask about where people are from because I can see that information in my web traffic reports. Perhaps I will publish some of that information in the future.
Ouch.. I guess I’m the only one under 20 =}