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The Programmer's Hangout 2022 Survey Report

This report details the condensed results of The Programmer's Hangout 2022 Survey. There were a total of 365 responses. Thank you so much to everyone that took the time to respond! This ended up being a very similar response sample to last year which is great to see. Over the last year we've taken on board a lot of your suggestions and complaints. We've altered our nickname policy and direction given to staff (as you can see with the +nickpolicy macro). We've introduced more spotlights suggested and written by you. We've added and altered channels to incorporate more discussion topics. We've also updated and improved our general staff direction in terms of moderation on TPH. Ultimately our goal is to make The Programmer's Hangout the best place for programmers to be and with your feedback this year we can hopefully continue to do that. We want the environment to be as welcoming and engaging as possible for every programmer.

The raw data can be found here as a tab separated file.

Contents

• About You
• Education & Employment
• Programming
• Our discord server
• Hardware
• Open Source
• TPH Feedback

About you

Where are you from?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/NWXPMbE

How old are you?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/bGaNMaO

What age did you start programming?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/rNpavvx

What gender are you?

Source:https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/BaJyxVv

Education & Employment

What is your current employment status?

Source:https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/BaJyVog

Do you code outside of work/studying?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/XWVJYMa

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/GRygGyb

What do you value most in a job?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/xxpbzjz

Programming

Motivates you to program?

For the purposes of protecting people's privacy we have redacted the raw reasons provided.

As a summary, some of the most common reasons are listed below.

• Enjoyment
• Creativity
• Problem solving
• Helping others
• Money

Which language(s) have you worked with in your studies, during employment, or at home this year?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/ExoaeYx

Which language(s) would you say you are most proficient in?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/popvOJG

Which language(s) would you like to try this year?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/jOYEvqX

If you work on personal projects, which of these best describes your approach?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/xxpbadO

What field(s) of programming are you interested in?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/LYeEJjW

Discord

How did you find out about The Programmer's Hangout?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/gOobdXK

How long have you been a member of TPH?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/MWrYqVW

What do you use TPH for?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/popvOKz

What is the highest activity role you have?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/XWVJPvp

Have you ever been shidded?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/jOYEebP

Hardware

What device(s) do you use for programming?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/WNdbaxb

Which operating system do you use most often?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/yLpyRVa

How many monitors do you use?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/zYpxmwE

Open Source

How often do you contribute to open source projects?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/rNpaqrp

Why do you contribute to open source projects?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/MWrYPPv

Which of these statements do you most align with?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/rNpaqoJ

Why have you not contributed to open source projects?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/ExoadMp

TPH Feedback

How happy are you with moderation on The Programmer's Hangout? How do you feel about these statements?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/MWrYPdO

Have you ever used Threads in TPH?

Source: https://codepen.io/itshobbes/pen/ExoaOYe