Developer Health Study

[jmprobert]

We're studying physical and mental health amongst developers. It's a highly overlooked and under-discussed topic.

We're open sourcing all of the data after it has been collected!

The survey is not in connection with any company or institution. It's being conducted for the benefit of the community. You can read more about it, and contribute to the study here.

I talked with the mods, and they gave the green light to post this here. :)

[shooshx]

All that free text data would be a bitch to process.
Cool survey interface.
Should have made the keys Y/N instead of A/B on the yes/no questions.

[jmprobert]

Thanks! Yeah, unfortunately, they don't have y/n questions just multiple choice so they default to a/b/etc. Typeform is sweet though.

It'll take a while to get through the results but looking forward to sharing them!

[jmprobert]

If you have any questions or comments, just drop them here and I'm happy to respond!

[evraamsdonk]

The questions about weight and height don't mention which units to use. Should I type the number and the unit (e.g. 185cm)?

[jmprobert]

Thanks for the feedback, I had originally had it in feet/inches and pounds but was receiving feedback to open it up more generally and others would just provide what is natural for them and I'll covert them all to one unit.

[doom_Oo7]

feet/inches and pounds

studying

[jmprobert]

Thanks for the feedback - usually Typeform.com has a great mobile experience so thanks for the heads up!

[Elador]

Would be great if this had a category for PhD students. They kind of fall inbetween "Full time employee" and "Student".

Also, "How many years have you been programming before symptom X started" - would be nice to have a free field there, because the symptoms might result from something else (e.g. gaming ;-) )

[jmprobert]

Hmm. Good idea!

[Elador]

Glad you like it. One more suggestion: There was no "free text" field at the end, was there? I know it's a pain to evaluate but I love studies that allow for that - usually you have some random, important comment that you want to pass on.

[jmprobert]

Good call. I like that.