3 ms·
No reason to be skeptical, that analysis is pure shit and dismissible on its face. The minor issue is the quantifying of developers. The methodology for the 15
by badamp 7y ago
No reason to be skeptical, that analysis is pure shit and dismissible on its face.
The minor issue is the quantifying of developers. The methodology for the 15-20 million figure isn’t clear, but it at least passes some basic sniff test.
What’s completely bullshit is using stackoverflow surveys. There is no reason to believe the respondents of that survey are an unbiased cross section of the 20 million and many reasons to believe they aren’t.
I would totally expect the stackoverflow social 2.0 tech hipster webshit crowd that would fill out that dumb survey to be more likely to use Go. The same with oreilly surveys. Old grizzled grey beards aren’t as likely to fill out publisher surveys on old stable tech.
Also, answering that you have “used” go is not the same as being a regular developer (as noted by one of the commenters there... assembly is more “popular” than Go).
- icebraining 7y agoWell, as a "stackoverflow social 2.0 tech hipster webshit" (I answered the survey), I fully agree with you that the methodology is beyond suspect, you just can't take those numbers and apply some fudge factor from the top of your head and pretend the result has any credibility. OTOH, regarding > answering that you have “used” go is not the same as being a regular developer The question they ask in the survey is: "Which of the following programming, scripting, and markup languages have you done extensive development work in over the past year, and which do you want to work in over the next year?", so it's more than just having "used" it.
- badamp 7y agoIs that all one question? Then it’s even worse, because then “use” also includes purely aspirational users. Nice. Also I don’t think anyone that participates on this website has any moral superiority over tech hipster webshit. But it’s good to realize this is a skewed demographic.
- icebraining 7y agoSorry, I wasn't clear: they have two checkboxes for each languages, one for past use and another for future wish.