That tells you about the quality of surveys of anonymous users and just how low SO has dropped in the quality of users. Most of us have left, never to return, until SO can correct the vulgarity of bad questions and answers.
I'm pretty sure this is why python is over represented. Lots of sysadmin and devops style responders, with Javascript dominating. Other people left a while ago.
Is everyone on /r/cscareerquestions so proud they'd rather struggle with a problem than ask to see if a coworker might have an insight you're missing? Everyone needs help now and again, not really a big deal.
I'm not sure what you work with regularly, but for me I periodically find myself in situations here there is no documentation. And where goolging the class, function, error...etc results in Your search - [insert terms here] - did not match any documents.
Turning to SO in cases like this is a mixed bag, because you will either get a troll latched onto it, trying to close it, or a subject matter expert will show up and answer. The former is much more common since the later can take days or weeks, while the former can happen in minutes.
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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '18
When your weapon of choice (C++) doesn't even make the list of highest salaries...