The 2021 Developer Survey is now open!

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of our annual Developer Survey, and when we launched the questionnaire in February of 2020, we saw it as a milestone to continuity. It was another chance to gather data for some of our classic, long-running questions, sprinkle in a few new ideas, and continue working to improve in areas like diversity and inclusion. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. By the time the data was ready for release in May, the world had changed for most people. The answers respondents gave weren’t irrelevant, certainly, but so much of what was in our survey no longer reflected people’s day-to-day reality. Anyone who kept their job was suddenly working remotely, and with that came a whole set of new process and workplace issues. 

One year later, normalcy is creeping back in some parts of the world, but COVID-19 continues to be a daunting and immediate public health challenge for many regions as well. Phrases like “unprecedented times” and “new normal” have become clichés. So, what do we hope to learn with this year’s survey? For starters, we embark on this new research humbly, grateful for our community, and with a strong awareness that what is true today may not be equally valid in six months. 

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