Insights From Stackoverflow Developer Survey

A data-driven approach to gain insights from Stackoverflow Annual Developer Survey from 2017 to 2019

There are a lot of different developers around the world. They use different programming languages, some have a PhD and some haven’t had a formal education their entire life.

You may have heard that Python is the most popular programming language among the developers or that you need to have a managerial position in order to earn a higher salary?

But let’s answer these questions using data from developers around the world. I used Stackoverflow’s Annual Developer Survey from years 2017 to 2019 to better look at these questions.

The data contains questions related to multiple aspects of software development and general preferences of developers from around the world. Some of these questions are:

“How often do you contribute to open source?”

“For the specific work you do, and the years of experience you have, how do you rate your own level of competence?”

Part 1: Popular Programming Languages

The question for this part was:

“Which of the following programming, scripting, and markup languages have you done…