====== Elixir Forum Survey 2018 Results ====== This survey was conducted by Adolfo Neto, Fabio Negrini and Diego Paolo Tsutsumi from the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) in Brazil. We wanted to understand how software developers use the Elixir Forum. The respondents answered between [[https://elixirforum.com/t/survey-about-the-use-of-the-elixir-forum/18319|November 29th, 2018]] and December 6th, 2018. There were 134 responses. ==== Gender ==== ^ Gender ^ Quantity ^ Percentage ^ | Male | 129 | 96.3% | | Female | 1 | 0.7% | | Other | 2 | 1.5% | | Prefer not to say | 2 | 1.5% | ==== Age ==== ^ Range ^ Quantity ^ Percentage ^ | <15 | 0 | 0% | | 15-19 | 2 | 1.5% | | 20-29 | 49 | 36.6% | | 30-39 | 54 | 40.3% | | 40-49 | 22 | 16.4% | | 50+ | 7 | 5.2% | Average age: 33.55 (considering last interval as 50-70) ==== Country of residence ==== {{ :2019:captura_de_tela_em_2019-03-14_16-32-51.png?direct |}} Frequency Percent Cum. percent United States 39 29.1 29.1 Germany 13 9.7 38.8 Poland 8 6.0 44.8 Canada 7 5.2 50.0 Brazil 7 5.2 55.2 United Kingdom 6 4.5 59.7 France 4 3.0 62.7 Pakistan 3 2.2 64.9 Netherlands 3 2.2 67.2 Australia 3 2.2 69.4 Switzerland 2 1.5 70.9 Spain 2 1.5 72.4 Russia 2 1.5 73.9 Portugal 2 1.5 75.4 Japan 2 1.5 76.9 Italy 2 1.5 78.4 India 2 1.5 79.9 Denmark 2 1.5 81.3 Colombia 2 1.5 82.8 Austria 2 1.5 84.3 Ukraine 1 0.7 85.1 The Netherlands 1 0.7 85.8 Thailand 1 0.7 86.6 South Africa 1 0.7 87.3 Serbia 1 0.7 88.1 Romania 1 0.7 88.8 Philippinnes 1 0.7 89.6 Kenya 1 0.7 90.3 Ireland 1 0.7 91.0 Iran 1 0.7 91.8 Hong Kong 1 0.7 92.5 Honduras 1 0.7 93.3 Greece 1 0.7 94.0 Ghana 1 0.7 94.8 Finland 1 0.7 95.5 F.Y.R.O.M 1 0.7 96.3 Czech Republic 1 0.7 97.0 China 1 0.7 97.8 Cambodia 1 0.7 98.5 Bulgaria 1 0.7 99.3 Bolivia 1 0.7 100.0 ==== Mutiple choice questions ==== === Do you develop software using Elixir (leave blank if you don't develop software using Elixir)? === Respondents could choose zero or more options. ^ Answer ^ Quantity ^ percentage ^ | Yes, professionally | 96 | 72.2% | | Yes, in academic projects | 8 | 6% | | Yes, non-professionally -- e.g. pet projects, tinkering, … | 77 | 57.9% | | Yes, I contribute to one or more open source projects (irrespective of size) | 48 | 36.1% | 133 responses. {{ :2019:captura_de_tela_em_2019-03-14_17-06-24.png?direct |}} ==== How often do you use Elixir Forum? ==== ^ Answer ^ Quantity ^ Percentage ^ | Several times a day | 51 | 38.1% | | About once a day | 39 | 29.1% | | 2-3 times a week | 34 | 25.4% | | About once a week | 6 | 4.5% | | Less than once a week | 4 | 3% | 134 responses {{ :2019:howoften.png?direct |}} ==== Likert-scale questions ==== Respondents could choose between five options ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree". * Q1 Elixir Forum helps me keep up to date about new tools such as packages and IDE's. * Q2 Elixir Forum helps me stay aware of new practices and methods in Elixir language * Q3 Elixir Forum helps me extend my knowledge by exposing me to technologies and practices I should learn in the Elixir language * Q4 Elixir Forum has helped me become a better Elixir developer. * Q5 Elixir Forum helps me learn about things I wasn't actively looking for * Q6 Elixir Forum helps me promote projects and technologies I work with * Q7 Elixir Forum helps me discover interesting Elixir developers * Q8 Elixir Forum helps me do business networking * Q9 Elixir Forum helps me receive validation from others for my work * Q10 Elixir Forum helps me build community around projects I contribute to * Q11 Elixir Forum helps me give and get feedback about projects I work with * Q12 Elixir Forum helps me manage my own image as a developer * Q13 Elixir Forum helps me build trust or rapport with other developers * Q14 I find it hard to cope with the amount of information I receive on Elixir Forum. * Q15 It is easy to browse Topics I'm interested in * Q16 Topics threads and replies are well organized * Q17 Discussions are often too long and hard to keep up with * Q18 Elixir Forum is fine for short discussions {{:2019:elixirforumlikertscale1.png?direct|}} {{:2019:elixirforumlikertscale2.png?direct|}} ==== Multiple choice questions ==== == Which other site(s) do you access to get more information about Elixir or software development in general? == 120 responses to this question, which was optional and multiple choice. Options that appeared on the form: * StackOverflow * Reddit * Elixir on Slack * Elixir on Discord * #elixir-lang on freenode IRC {{:2019:screenshot_2019-07-07_16-25-57.png|Results}} == Any questions, comments or concerns you'd like to tell us about? == * On some questions an answer option 'cannot rate' would be an improvement. * I interact with the "forum" almost entirely through email so some of these questions don't apply at all. * The biggest factor for the forum in my point of view, is the extended discussions and posts that many times go into even other directions than elixir * Good luck with your survey :) * Cheers! * I mainly use the forum to solve problems I encounter. * Thank you! * The elixir forum is the most friendly developer community I've come across. * Why are you doing this research? * Nope. * Great job compiling this form. Looking forward to the results!