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What proportion of people asking questions do you think are students vs professionals/other nonstudents? Seeing as most people are only students for 4 years of

by rifung 10y ago

What proportion of people asking questions do you think are students vs professionals/other nonstudents? Seeing as most people are only students for 4 years of their life, I would be surprised at how much students contribute to this change. I also can't think of a reason as to why students would be asking more questions on weekends vs weekdays. Especially for the big difference in Haskell, I just can't imagine its largely caused by students since most students will probably only get to use it for one or two courses.

kybishop 10y ago
Students are much more likely to ask lots of questions. Far more difficult projects are often due on a Monday or Tuesday to give students the weekend to finish up, the exact kind of projects likely to elicit questions at the last minute.
- rifung 10y ago
  Do you have any data to back that up? At least when I was a student, I would be pretty unlikely to ask on Stack Overflow because I'd probably need answers quickly and not want to wait for a response, but I don't expect everyone to be like me. I also don't even feel like my assignments were typically due on Monday or Tuesday. I remember often students would ask their teachers to make their assignments due Friday instead of Monday.
  - morgante 10y ago
    > At least when I was a student, I would be pretty unlikely to ask on Stack Overflow because I'd probably need answers quickly and not want to wait for a response, but I don't expect everyone to be like me. Many classes have assignments over a week or two. It absolutely makes sense to ask SO for questions. If anything, there was less urgency to my homework questions than there is to my current professional ones. > I also don't even feel like my assignments were typically due on Monday or Tuesday. While I had my fair share of assignments on Monday, that doesn't need to be true to explain this. Even if you assume that students work equally throughout the week on homework, they'd represent a larger percentage of developers during the weekend (when professionals are much less likely to be working).
  - softawre 10y ago
    Stack Overflow questions get answered very quickly. At least the answerable ones do.
  - softawre 10y ago
    Stack Overflow questions get answered very quickly. At least the answerable ones do.

by rifung 10y ago

kybishop 10y ago

Students are much more likely to ask lots of questions. Far more difficult projects are often due on a Monday or Tuesday to give students the weekend to finish up, the exact kind of projects likely to elicit questions at the last minute.

rifung 10y ago
Do you have any data to back that up? At least when I was a student, I would be pretty unlikely to ask on Stack Overflow because I'd probably need answers quickly and not want to wait for a response, but I don't expect everyone to be like me. I also don't even feel like my assignments were typically due on Monday or Tuesday. I remember often students would ask their teachers to make their assignments due Friday instead of Monday.
- morgante 10y ago
  > At least when I was a student, I would be pretty unlikely to ask on Stack Overflow because I'd probably need answers quickly and not want to wait for a response, but I don't expect everyone to be like me. Many classes have assignments over a week or two. It absolutely makes sense to ask SO for questions. If anything, there was less urgency to my homework questions than there is to my current professional ones. > I also don't even feel like my assignments were typically due on Monday or Tuesday. While I had my fair share of assignments on Monday, that doesn't need to be true to explain this. Even if you assume that students work equally throughout the week on homework, they'd represent a larger percentage of developers during the weekend (when professionals are much less likely to be working).
- softawre 10y ago
  Stack Overflow questions get answered very quickly. At least the answerable ones do.
- softawre 10y ago
  Stack Overflow questions get answered very quickly. At least the answerable ones do.