{"id":246583,"date":"2018-01-29T14:55:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=246583"},"modified":"2018-01-29T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:56:46","slug":"how-programmers-learn-to-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/246583-how-programmers-learn-to-code.html","title":{"rendered":"How programmers learn to code"},"content":{"rendered":"

HackerRank recently published the results of its 2018 Developer Skills Report, in which it asked programmers when they started coding.<\/p>\n

39,441 professional and student developers completed the online survey from 16 October to 1 November 2016, with over\u00a025% of the developers surveyed writing\u00a0their first piece of code before they were 16 years old.<\/p>\n

How programmers learn<\/h3>\n

In terms of how programmers learnt to code, self-teaching is the norm for developers of all ages, stated the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though 67% of developers have computer science degrees, roughly 74% said they were at least partially self-taught.\u201d<\/p>\n

On average, developers know four languages, but they want to learn four more.<\/p>\n

The thirst for learning varies by generations – developers between 18 and 24 plan to learn six languages, whereas developers older than 35 only plan to learn three.<\/p>\n

\"HackerRank<\/a><\/p>\n

What programmers want<\/h3>\n

HackerRank also looked at what\u00a0developers want most from an employer.<\/p>\n

On average, a good work-life balance, closely followed by professional growth and learning, was the most desired requirement.<\/p>\n

Segmenting the data by region revealed that Americans crave work-life balance more than developers Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n

Students tend to rank growth and learning over work-life balance, while professionals rate compensation more highly than students do.<\/p>\n

People who work in smaller companies tended to rank work-life balance lower, but it was still in their top three.<\/p>\n

Age also made a difference, with developers 25 and older rating work-life balance as most important, while those between 18 and 24 rate it as less important.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some ways, we\u2019ve discovered a slight contradiction here. Developers want work-life balance, but they also have an insatiable thirst and need for learning,\u201d said HackerRank.<\/p>\n

It advised that focusing on doing what you enjoy, as opposed to trying to learning everything, can help strike a better work-life balance.<\/p>\n

\"HackerRank<\/a><\/p>\n

\"HackerRank<\/a><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Bots that talk more like people<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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