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No I mean the total number of developers. I know software is growing, but having doubled since 2019 (and it wasn't small in 2019 either) is beyond reasonable.
by oytis 4y ago
No I mean the total number of developers. I know software is growing, but having doubled since 2019 (and it wasn't small in 2019 either) is beyond reasonable.
- ghaff 4y agoThe doubling of developers quote from the article is specifically Kotlin, which it seems plausible with respect to--even if the overall quoted number seems like a lot. It would represent about 15% of developers worldwide. SlashData, another developer survey platform, published data in 2022 showing that there are now 5 million Kotlin developers worldwide, and that the number of Kotlin developers doubled in one year. I agree doubling of developers overall doesn't make sense. I quick look suggests maybe up to about a 10% increase.
- oytis 4y agoI'm referring to the first sentence > In 2019, it was estimated that there were 18 million developers worldwide. That number is now estimated to be 31.1 million by SlashData. OK, it's not exactly doubling, just 73% increase. Still 13 million developers summoned from the void in three years.
- ghaff 4y agoAh, I missed that. Yes, highly improbable. I wonder if the article is drawing from two different sources.