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I am really surprised that 68% of developers code as a hobby outside their jobs.

I thought people were dedicating far less time to code in their free time

It's based on a Stack Overflow user survey which is incredibly biased towards "enthusiastic junior" kind of developers. I mean "active user of Stack Overflow" (somebody who cares about some kind of survey on the website) is already a pretty strong filter. Also the further in career we progress the less SO we actively use.

Edit: It kind of also explains the high-percentage of unhappiness. The junior marked is especially screwed right now.

> The junior marked is especially screwed right now.

yeah demand on the mid-to-high end, esp. SME's in specific areas like DB, front-end, ERPs, etc. -- all pretty high. you gotta know your stuff, but truly experienced folks with real creds go fast, and we struggle to hire and keep them. leadership roles seem to be okay; never easy to get into anyway, but the boomers and early Gen-Xrs are getting out of the market and things feel open.

meanwhile we put out ads for junior-to-mid level and get 1000+ applications of dubious quality (all AI written), 30% of whom aren't on the same continent. respect to my homies in Kenya and Delhi who are hustling for Toronto jobs, but we don't sponsor, and that extra noise just makes it harder to find legit junior-hires.

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