Date |
Survey |
# |
19 Jul 2004 - 25 Jul 2004 |
Are software patents a good idea?
Patents in the software industry are a mess. What are your thoughts? (suggested by Compiler)
|
838 |
12 Jul 2004 - 18 Jul 2004 |
What is the typical programmer diet these days?
Is coke and pizza a thing of the past? Or are we still as bad as the stereotypes?
|
1617 |
5 Jul 2004 - 11 Jul 2004 |
What is your career goal?
Do you want to rise out of development and into management? Or keep doing what you are best at?
|
966 |
28 Jun 2004 - 4 Jul 2004 |
Are you a top-down or bottom-up programmer?
Do you code starting with the big picture logic and move down, or start coding in smaller operational modules and grow your application up?
|
1398 |
21 Jun 2004 - 27 Jun 2004 |
Are you working with .NET?
It's been out for a while now, but are you using it?
|
1583 |
14 Jun 2004 - 20 Jun 2004 |
What is the most important thing in writing code?
Which of the following would you rank as your #1 goal when writing code?
|
1409 |
7 Jun 2004 - 13 Jun 2004 |
Do friends and family ask you to fix their computer problems?
Many of us are developers, not hardware or third party software specialists. Even so...
|
1517 |
31 May 2004 - 6 Jun 2004 |
Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
Most of our time as developers is spent concentrating on what can go wrong. Has this affected your world view? (Suggested by Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon, '02)
|
1582 |
24 May 2004 - 30 May 2004 |
What conferences do you usually try and attend?
There are a ton of conferences spread throughout the year and across the globe. Which ones do you attend?
|
230 |
17 May 2004 - 23 May 2004 |
Which technologies do you target?
It's nice to occasionally see what everyone else is up to.
|
1054 |
10 May 2004 - 16 May 2004 |
Do Developers have a Life?
Usually it’s thought that a programmer has no social life. Is this reality? (suggested by Mubashir Raza Ali Khan Balouch)
|
1756 |
3 May 2004 - 9 May 2004 |
Are you using XAML?
Are you, or are thinking about, incorporating or using XAML in your products?
|
1213 |
26 Apr 2004 - 2 May 2004 |
Do you (or your company) use your own products internally?
The ol' "Do you eat your own dog food?" question. (Suggested by Navin)
|
1092 |
19 Apr 2004 - 25 Apr 2004 |
What types of PDA do you own?
What's weighing down your pockets these days?
|
657 |
12 Apr 2004 - 18 Apr 2004 |
What Source Code Control system do you use?
|
1569 |
5 Apr 2004 - 11 Apr 2004 |
How good is your typing ability?
We spend most of our days on a keyboard, but how well can we actually type? (A typing test is here)
|
1397 |
29 Mar 2004 - 4 Apr 2004 |
When researching 3rd party components, how many do you evaluate before you buy?
Do you do your research, or just pick the first one you find?
|
658 |
22 Mar 2004 - 28 Mar 2004 |
When writing desktop applications, which is the most important for you?
It certainly depends on the the type of application, but in general, which one is your #1 goal?
|
1131 |
15 Mar 2004 - 21 Mar 2004 |
On what basis does your company hire new staff?
Hiring new staff can be tricky. How do you go about the process?
|
629 |
8 Mar 2004 - 14 Mar 2004 |
Do you use UML in your projects?
Yes, evidently we are meant to design before we code.
|
1196 |