In 2013, IDC estimated 40% of software authors were "hobbyist programmers" not "developers". https://www.computerworld.com/article/1513176/the-rise-of-hobbyist

In 2013, IDC estimated 40% of software authors were "hobbyist programmers" not "developers". https://www.computerworld.com/article/1513176/the-rise-of-hobbyist-programmers.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/1513176/the-rise-of-ho... https://www.pcworld.com/article/443076/idc-hobbyist-programmers-on-the-rise.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/443076/idc-hobbyist-programm... Fast forward 10 years. Stack Overflow conducted a survey and only 5.56% of respondents said they programmed as "hobby" and were not employed as "developers". But 70.4% said they were employed as "developers" but also programmed outside of work as a "hobby". https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/ https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/ Perhaps there could be some ambiguity in the term "hobbyist" as applied to computer programming.