Some interesting take-aways. Most developers here are self-taught? Nope, we're all self taught. Though in this case you are faced with a survey with an option

Some interesting take-aways. Most developers here are self-taught? Nope, we're all self taught. Though in this case you are faced with a survey with an option of self taught next to others which include school. Most developers aren't looking? This may be the point which the government doesn't understand about tech jobs and immigration. I don't know what it's like to be looking for a job in the U.S. these days but I imagine most people who are decent at programming aren't looking. If you want a bunch of coders you need to get them fresh out of university or start looking abroad. The thousands of resumes going out to development job openings from the unemployed must be from crazy people who can't code. People finding jobs from others they know? This sort of goes along with developers not looking. If nobody is looking, then how do you find people to work for you? Get your current employees to hit their Rolodex. Nevermind all that stuff about degree requirements, etc. In my experience, the requirements hit the listing and then you never hear about them. I imagine that's because the listing attracts the crazies and then you get the gig when you sound like you halfway know what you're talking about.