Over 7,000 web and software developers on the Mac took part in our survey - and helped us paint a picture of ...
...is 29.6 years old and rather male.
With 95% of participants being men, we hope to get more female developers with next year's survey!
...gets up before 7 a.m.
Bye bye, cliche: half of software developers get up before 7 a.m.!
...loves to work from home.
70% work (at least occasionally) from home.
...works either solo or in a small team.
One quarter of devs work solo, another third work in teams of 20 or less.
...has 5 or more years of experience.
Most devs today have 5 or more years of experience under their belts.
...spends at least 4 hours coding.
Each day, 4 or more hours are spent actually programming.
...owns not only a Mac.
Over 80% own also an iPhone and an iPad.
...is an avid learner.
Swift, Go, Ruby and Python are the most popular languages that devs want to learn.
...uses Git for version control.
Git is (by far) the most used version control system amongst devs on the Mac.
...contributes to Open Source projects.
Almost one-third of devs contribute (at least occasionally) to Open Source projects.
...adores Batman!
If being a developer wasn't already the best job in the world, most of us would apply for the jobs of Batman or Iron Man.
...but who is average anyway?
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