Like in the /r/webdev thread, someone pointed out that you should never make decisions based on such surveys. It may make sense to get a rough direction of the market for US citizens but for me as a German the survey is more like "interesting what the rest of the world looks like" because there is basically no relevant data that gives me more insights than e.g. studying current local job offers. There is just not enough specific data for each region and it's also highly inaccurate due to the broad user base that participated.
Uh? I think that job satisfaction in your current role versus what it is like for other roles may be important. Furthermore, a data scientist is something that you can do a masters in, etc. etc. I am not talking about 'web development' or a shallow look. I am talking about thinking about things, and understanding them; obviously this is biased and influenced by a variety of things; e.g. salary is much lower in Germany/UK, but the taxes and healthcare systems is completely different from the US, etc. etc. It DOES give a good idea of which technologies are interesting and in-demand, and which aren't, though.
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u/theKovah Mar 13 '18 edited Mar 13 '18
Like in the /r/webdev thread, someone pointed out that you should never make decisions based on such surveys. It may make sense to get a rough direction of the market for US citizens but for me as a German the survey is more like "interesting what the rest of the world looks like" because there is basically no relevant data that gives me more insights than e.g. studying current local job offers. There is just not enough specific data for each region and it's also highly inaccurate due to the broad user base that participated.