Survey Results

The Code Project "Who are we and what do we do" Survey   [Edit]

Survey period: 17 Oct 2002 to 5 Nov 2002

It's always interesting to find out more about each other. Ever wondered how your company stacks up against everyone elses? Whether you're getting paid enough? Or whether there are any other application architects lurking around?

This demographic survey is here for three reasons: To give you all a chance to find out more about each other; To help us decide what services we should be concentrating on providing you all; and to allow us to convince advertisers (the guys who pay our bills) to provide us with information on products that we actually care about.

The survey should take no more than a minute. Spending those 60 seconds filling this out will help CodeProject enormously. Thanks in advance everyone!

Option	Votes	%
Male	485	96.04
Female	20	3.96
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Expert	163	32.28
Advanced	228	45.15
Intermediate	95	18.81
Novice	19	3.76
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
high school or before	68	13.47
Diploma or other post-secondary education	73	14.46
University/college degree	310	61.39
Post Graduate/doctorate	54	10.69
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
$200,000 or more	5	0.99
$100,000 to $199,000	19	3.76
$75,000 to $99,000	47	9.31
$50,000 to $74,999	148	29.31
$25,000 to $49,999	146	28.91
less than $24,999	83	16.44
decline to answer	57	11.29
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Employed full-time	390	77.23
Employed part-time	15	2.97
Contract/Casual	38	7.52
Student	51	10.10
Retired	0	0.00
Unemployed	11	2.18
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
1 person	68	13.47
up to 10	94	18.61
11 - 50	135	26.73
51 - 100	50	9.90
101 - 500	60	11.88
501 - 1,000	23	4.55
1001 - 10,000	38	7.52
More than 10,000	37	7.33
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Shrink wrapped software applications	122	24.16
Software development for internal use	90	17.82
Software Consulting firm	71	14.06
Software Components	17	3.37
Web design/production	25	4.95
Training/Education	6	1.19
Book publishing/authoring	0	0.00
Financial/accounting	12	2.38
Marketing/sales	1	0.20
Research & development	38	7.52
Systems engineering/analysis/integration	43	8.51
Hobbiest programmer	32	6.34
Other	33	6.53
Not applicable	15	2.97
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Writing code	359	71.09
Designing applications	33	6.53
Designing solutions	30	5.94
Architecting applications	29	5.74
Managing people	9	1.78
Managing projects	10	1.98
Other	35	6.93
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Top management	44	8.71
Middle management	44	8.71
Technical staff	256	50.69
Professional staff	75	14.85
Consultant	31	6.14
Not applicable	55	10.89
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
1 person	13	2.57
1 - 10 people	52	10.30
11 - 1000 people	223	44.16
1001 - 10,000 people	140	27.72
More than 10,000 people	77	15.25
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Standalone PCs	153	30.30
Corporate workgroups or divisions	238	47.13
Entire corporations	114	22.57
Total	505	100%

Option	Votes	%
Desktop, notebook or portable devices	299	59.21
Mainframes or midrange systems	24	4.75
PC Peripherals (monitors, printers etc.)	282	55.84
PC software (word processing, games, etc.)	298	59.01
Networking software (browsers, Web servers, etc.)	88	17.43
Network hardware (routers, network cards, etc.)	184	36.44
Computer related services (Net access, support, etc.)	135	26.73
New snowboard	34	6.73
A CodeProject T-shirt	92	18.22
Other	115	22.77
Responses	505
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

Option	Votes	%
Business productivity (word processing, accounting, etc.)	117	23.17
Scientific/mathematical (stats, charts, etc.)	53	10.50
Graphical (drawing and paint, images, fonts, etc.)	102	20.20
Multimedia (animation, authoring, video, etc.)	78	15.45
Utilities (disk management, anti-virus, compression, etc)	191	37.82
Device drivers (for printers, scanners, CD-ROM, modems, etc.)	46	9.11
Internet applications (browsers, HTML tools, email, etc.)	69	13.66
Development tools (programming, compilers, editors, etc.)	342	67.72
Education (teaching tools, language tools, etc.)	64	12.67
Games (action, adventure, puzzles, etc.)	218	43.17
Other	55	10.89
Responses	505
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

Option	Votes	%
Yes	430	85.15
No	75	14.85
Total	505	100%