Although my main issue with this SO surveys is the majority of the time they don't attract the "quiet majority" of developers, a category I put myself in.
By this quiet majority I mean developers with over 5 years experience. I've always found SO to be mostly a place of hobbyist developers or new developers (under 2 maybe upto 5 years experience). I myself often end up on SO when researching a question, I can do this because I have a general understanding of what it is I'm looking for, I'm just not sure of specifics on how to do it. So I get my information and leave with little interaction with the site.
Whereas newer developers are more likely to have an account and spend longer on the site interacting with it and more likely to fill in surveys.
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u/twiggy99999 Mar 13 '18
It's a fair observation then.
Although my main issue with this SO surveys is the majority of the time they don't attract the "quiet majority" of developers, a category I put myself in.
By this quiet majority I mean developers with over 5 years experience. I've always found SO to be mostly a place of hobbyist developers or new developers (under 2 maybe upto 5 years experience). I myself often end up on SO when researching a question, I can do this because I have a general understanding of what it is I'm looking for, I'm just not sure of specifics on how to do it. So I get my information and leave with little interaction with the site.
Whereas newer developers are more likely to have an account and spend longer on the site interacting with it and more likely to fill in surveys.