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What's the best part about being a software developer?

Survey period: 20 Oct 2014 to 27 Oct 2014

It's sometimes hard to say why we have the best job in the world.

Option	Votes	%
I get to solve hard problems with real solutions	821	63.54
There's always something new to learn	921	71.28
The software community is great	246	19.04
The pay is good	514	39.78
I enjoy being useful to my organisation	349	27.01
You get to touch (potentially) millions of people with your work	301	23.30
It's an art form	469	36.30
Casual dress code / hours / office environment	416	32.20
I enjoy the technology	778	60.22
It means I don't have to interact with people	215	16.64
Other	85	6.58
Responses	1,292
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

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Re: Other... OriginalGriff20-Oct-14 2:39 OriginalGriff 20-Oct-14 2:39  Entirely possible: I read a lot of Heinlein (and Asimov, and Phillip K Dick, and ...) as a child / youth. Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... Re: Other... Slacker00720-Oct-14 1:37 Slacker007 20-Oct-14 1:37  OriginalGriff wrote: early 70's! 1870? Re: Other... John M. Drescher20-Oct-14 3:04 John M. Drescher 20-Oct-14 3:04  I actually enjoyed heavy lifting. As for programming. I enjoy the design aspect the most and the maintenance long hours and deadlines the least. John Re: Other... fred76620-Oct-14 4:07 fred766 20-Oct-14 4:07  And won't get dirty... Re: Other... Sander Rossel20-Oct-14 8:20 Sander Rossel 20-Oct-14 8:20  I'm with you on this one! Except now I have to do some lifting to stay in shape... Sitting down all day is actually pretty hard work and not healthy at all It's an OO world. C# public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person> { public void DoWork() { throw new NotSupportedException(); } }

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