InfoQ Reader Survey 2017

14 Questions to Help InfoQ Serve You Better - Win Video Early Access to QCon SF 2017

We have a small favor to ask of you as we’re trying to learn more about our members and their interests. We also want to identify trends in the industry and share them with you.

Would you help us by answering 14 questions? It won’t take more than 5 minutes, and as a reward for your effort you can win one of the 25 codes that provide early access to sessions presented at QCon San Francisco 2017 - these enable you to watch videos of the presentations before they are publicly released.

This survey is anonymous and your replies will be kept confidential.

Regards,
The InfoQ Team

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* 1. Which of the following technologies are you currently using or planning to use at your company?

	Currently using	Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Plan to use in > 12 months	Not planning to use
Machine Learning/AI	Machine Learning/AI Currently using	Machine Learning/AI Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Machine Learning/AI Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Machine Learning/AI Plan to use in > 12 months	Machine Learning/AI Not planning to use
Microservices	Microservices Currently using	Microservices Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Microservices Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Microservices Plan to use in > 12 months	Microservices Not planning to use
Reactive Programming	Reactive Programming Currently using	Reactive Programming Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Reactive Programming Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Reactive Programming Plan to use in > 12 months	Reactive Programming Not planning to use
Streaming	Streaming Currently using	Streaming Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Streaming Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Streaming Plan to use in > 12 months	Streaming Not planning to use
Containers	Containers Currently using	Containers Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Containers Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Containers Plan to use in > 12 months	Containers Not planning to use
IoT	IoT Currently using	IoT Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	IoT Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	IoT Plan to use in > 12 months	IoT Not planning to use
Lambda/Serverless	Lambda/Serverless Currently using	Lambda/Serverless Plan to use in 3 to 6 months	Lambda/Serverless Plan to use in 6 to 12 months	Lambda/Serverless Plan to use in > 12 months	Lambda/Serverless Not planning to use

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* 2. From where do you get information about emerging technologies?

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* 3. If using a technology/library/framework for the first time on a project how do you decide which to use?

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* 4. In what areas are you facing the biggest technical challenges? What are your top 3 challenges?

First challenge

Second challenge

Third challenge

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* 5. What are you interested in learning more about on InfoQ?

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* 6. Which of the following "personas" do you strongly identify with? (One choice)

Architect - People interested in "thinking content" i.e the design aspect of software: patterns, architecture evaluation, architecture improvement (refactoring/reengineering), quality attributes (usability, performance, scalability, DSLs, etc.).

DevOps/Operations & Infrastructure - People interested in deployment management, monitoring, scaling, and operation of running software systems; choosing hardware and software; evaluating virtualization and cloud deployment technologies.

Developer - Content for coders. People interested in "doing content", technical features of new frameworks or programming languages.

Data Scientist: People who perform statistical analysis, data mining and retrieval processes on a large amount of data to identify trends, figures and other relevant information. Includes applying techniques such as machine learning.

Process/Management - People concerned with how teams work together for software development vs. technology: engineering culture, techniques like mob programming, event storming, management approaches like Holacracy and Sociocracy, DevEX, Scrum, XP, TDD.

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* 7. How do you usually consume content on InfoQ? (maximum 2 choices)

Presentation Videos

Podcasts

eMags

Minibooks

Long-form Articles

News

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* 8. How many employees work at your company?

1-100 employees

101-250 employees

251-500 employees

501-1,000 employees

1,001-2,500 employes

Over 2,500 employees

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* 9. Do you supervise others in your organization? (One choice)

Yes – I have cross-team managerial responsibility

Yes – I supervise a single development team

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* 10. Which of the following statements are true about you?

You are the person to whom people come to get information.

You stay current with the latest trends in software development.

You attend several software conferences or dedicated events per year.

None of these apply.

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* 11. How often do you visit InfoQ?

Several times per week

Once per week

A couple of times per month

Once per month

A couple of times per year

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What keeps you coming back to InfoQ?

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* 13. Can we use the quotes that you have provided above in our marketing collateral (eg. testimonials on the site) ?

No, please don't use the feedback as part of any marketing collateral.

Yes, you can use it but without mentioning my name.

Yes, you can use it and mention my name. (Please enter your name and job title below)

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* 1. Which of the following technologies are you currently using or planning to use at your company?

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* 2. From where do you get information about emerging technologies?

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* 3. If using a technology/library/framework for the first time on a project how do you decide which to use?

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* 4. In what areas are you facing the biggest technical challenges? What are your top 3 challenges?

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* 5. What are you interested in learning more about on InfoQ?

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* 6. Which of the following "personas" do you strongly identify with? (One choice)

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* 7. How do you usually consume content on InfoQ? (maximum 2 choices)

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* 8. How many employees work at your company?

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* 9. Do you supervise others in your organization? (One choice)

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* 10. Which of the following statements are true about you?

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* 11. How often do you visit InfoQ?

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* 12. What keeps you coming back to InfoQ?

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* 13. Can we use the quotes that you have provided above in our marketing collateral (eg. testimonials on the site) ?

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* 14. For a chance to view the talks from QCon San Francisco, hours after they were filmed, please provide your email address.