the first open data survey on new coders. 15K+ people learning to code all over the world.
What's your gender?
13,746 respondents
Do you receive disability benefits from government?
13,530 respondents
Have you served in your country's military before?
13,550 respondents
How old are you?
13,613 respondents
What's the highest degree or level of school you have completed?
13,679 respondents (If currently enrolled, highest degree received.)
58% have earned at least a bachelor’s degree.
What was the main subject you studied in university?
8,450 respondents
Computer Science was the most popular major, and an additional 15% studied some form of engineering.
What's your marital status?
4,010 respondents
Do you have children?
4,012 respondents
How many children do you have?
2,554 respondents
About how much money did you make last year (in US Dollars)?
7,329 respondents
Do you have any debt?
13,610 respondents
Do you financially support any dependents?
13,640 respondents (Include a spouse, children, elderly relatives, and relatices with disabilities.)
Do you have student loan debt?
6,371 respondents
About how much do you owe in student loans (in US Dollars)?
3,514 respondents
Do you financially support any elderly relatives or relavites with disabilities?
3,996 respondents
Do you have a home mortgage?
6,371 respondents
About how much do you owe on your home mortgage (in US Dollars)?
1,501 respondents
Do you have high speed internet at your home?
13,625 respondents
Are you already working as a software developer?
15,537 respondents
24% of respondents with 5+ years of programming experience aren't working as software developers.
Are you willing to relocate for a job?
5,487 respondents
A majority are willing to relocate.
Do you consider yourself under-employed?
8,645 respondents (Underemployed means working a job that is below your education level.)
Which field do you work in?
7,608 respondents
A vast majority are already in a technology-related field.
Regarding employment status, are you currently ...
12,904 respondents
Two thirds are currently working.
Which country do you currently live in?
13,610 respondents
People from 169 countries responded to the survey.
About how many people live in your city?
13,630 respondents
Their cities span a wide range of urbanization levels.
Are you an ethnic minority in your country?
13,645 respondents
A quarter of respondents are ethnic minorities in their country.
Which language do you speak at home with your family?
13,582 respondents
Nearly half are non-native English speakers. They grew up speaking one of 152 languages.
Would you prefer to work for a...
11,189 respondents
40% want to either freelance or start their own business.
Would you prefer to work...
6,739 respondents
Which one of these roles are you most interested in?
6,503 respondents
A vast majority are interested in working as web developers, as opposed to other developer roles.
About how much money do you expect to earn per year at your first developer job (in US Dollars)?
6,077 respondents
The most expected salary is $60K annually while the average expectation is $53,700.
When do you plan to start applying for developers jobs?
6,747 respondents
Most are already applying for developer jobs, or will start applying within the next year.
Have you attended a full-time coding bootcamp?
15,380 respondents
More than 900 respondents have attended at least one coding bootcamp.
Have you finished yet?
933 respondents
Which bootcamp did you attend?
895 respondents
How many months ago did you finish your bootcamp?
631 respondents
Based on your experience, would you recommend this bootcamp to your friends?
937 respondents
Were you able to get a full time developer job afterwards?
635 respondents
More than a half had been able to get a full-time developer job after finished a bootcamp.
How much was your salary (in US Dollars)?
330 respondents
Did you take out a loan to pay for the bootcamp?
934 respondents
A third borrowed money to attend a bootcamp.
About how many months have you been programming for?
15,014 respondents
Experienced respondents without software developer's job spend much more time studying programming rather than their less experienced colleagues.
About how many hours do you spend learning each week?
14,942 respondents
Almost half (47%) of coders with 5+ years of experience who already work as software developers still spend at least 10 hours each week learning programming.
Aside from the university, how much have you spent to learn coding (in US Dollars)?
14,679 respondents
Which learning resources have you found helpful?
15,269 respondents
On average, new coders use at least three different resources for learning to code.
Which types of in-person coding events have you attended?
15,055 respondents
Most of repondents have not yet attended any in-person coding events.
Which coding-related podcasts have you found helpful?
14,740 respondents
Most of repondents do not yet listen to any coding podcasts.
Data for the New Coder Survey is available in .csv format here.