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code-for-a-living May 15, 2023

Stories from our survey: Salary in the time of pandemic

Salaries for developers surged over the past few years, but those gains weren't even distributed globally.
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Erin Yepis
stackoverflowknows March 9, 2023

After the buzz fades: What our data tells us about emerging technology sentiment

Why open source is the model for every emerging tech out there.
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Erin Yepis
code-for-a-living January 26, 2023

Comparing tag trends with our Most Loved programming languages

The Most Loved languages are those that appeal to veteran developers.
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Erin Yepis
stackoverflowknows December 15, 2022

Job insights from the tech community: The latest survey results from Stack Overflow Knows 

Money gets people to leave their jobs, but it won't always make them stay.
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Erin Yepis
stackoverflowknows September 27, 2022

Stack Overflow trends: Weekday vs weekend site activity

Is everybody coding on the weekends? Is everybody learning Rust?
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows June 8, 2022

The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where tech talent is moving next

Distributed work may hold the key to creating forward thinking metropolises. 
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
We asked developers how they prioritize wellness at work
stackoverflowknows May 9, 2022

New data: Do developers (and their employers) care about their wellness?

As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to see what developers are doing to decrease that stress and prioritize their own wellness. Earlier this year, we surveyed over 800 developers to see if they are happy at work and what they are doing to maintain or improve mental health.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows April 20, 2022

New data: Do developers think Web3 will build a better internet?

Are blockchain and Web3 the future or are they just a fad? We asked the developer community about Web3, blockchain, crypto, and whether they are all hype or truly the future of the internet.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows March 17, 2022

New data: What makes developers happy at work

Turns out developers and plants need mostly the same things.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows January 19, 2022

Here’s how Stack Overflow users responded to Log4Shell, the Log4j vulnerability affecting almost everyone

When the Log4j security issue was disclosed, developers came looking for answers. We took a look at our site data around it.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows December 7, 2021

New data: What developers look for in future job opportunities

How do you attract technical talent? What do developers care about when they evaluate new opportunities? We surveyed over 500 developers and the findings might surprise you.
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