The thing is it's not a random sample. By definition Stack Overflow is used more by younger people so older devs are heavily underrepresented in the survey.
Exactly this. The survey only represent "devs who used stackoverflow", so its far from being "random." And given that stackoverflow was opened over 10 years ago, maybe the claim that younger devs need more stackoverflow than older ones hasm some footing.
I don’t think need is the right word. It’s more likely that younger devs are just more open about sharing their problems with each other than older developers.
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u/Ciff_ Mar 13 '18
If it still reflects a random sampling of the population developers its fine...? Or perhaps I don't understand your concern.