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How the 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Came to Be (And Your Last Chance to Take it!)

by Julia Silge on February 7, 2019

For nine years, we at Stack Overflow have fielded a survey, asking people who code about their opinions on a variety of topics, from whether they prefer a dark or...

Developer Salaries in 2018: Updating the Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

by Julia Silge on September 5, 2018

Today we launched the 2018 update to the Stack Overflow Salary Calculator, a tool that allows developers and employers to find typical salaries for the software industry based on experience...

Public Data Release of Stack Overflow’s 2018 Developer Survey

by Julia Silge on May 30, 2018

Starting today, you can access the public data release for Stack Overflow’s 2018 Developer Survey. Over 100,000 developers from around the world shared their opinions about everything from their favorite...

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Evaluating Options for Amazon’s HQ2 Using Stack Overflow Data

by Julia Silge on February 28, 2018

Amazon is a technology behemoth, employing half a million people globally and hiring nearly 130,000 people in 2017. Amazon has been headquartered in Seattle since its early days in the...

Remote Work in the 2017 Developer Survey

by Julia Silge on January 22, 2018

The 2018 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is open right now, and we on the Data Team are eagerly awaiting this year’s data so we can uncover new insights about the...