Developer Satisfaction Survey/2021

📖 Developer Satisfaction 2021

The developer satisfaction survey is an annual survey of the Wikimedia developer community.

🎉 Survey results!

On March 8th Greg sent out a survey to the wikitech mailing list asking for feedback. The survey was open until March 31st.

There were 81 responses.

Most responses were from Staff or Chapter Individual Contributors who have been a part of the Wikimedia technical community for More than 5 years.

59%
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Percentage of respondents who have been a part of the technical community for >= 3 years.

What is your role

# Role Responses Percent
Staff or Chapter Employee → Individual Contributor 65 80%
Volunteer Developer 11 14%
Staff or Chapter Employee → Manager (including engineering managers, project/product managers, directors, VPs, C-levels) 3 4%
Other 3rd Party Developer 2 2%
Grand Total 81 100%

How long have you been a technical contributor

# Tenure Responses Percent
More than 5 years 38 47%
Between 1 and 3 years 23 28%
Between 3 and 5 years 10 12%
Less than 1 year 10 12%
Grand Total 81 100%