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There are programmers whose dream is to work for large proprietary software companies like Microsoft, Oracle or IBM; others would like to join templates companies that develop free software, such as Red Hat; and there are those who do not care where to work while they can focus on developing the technology they love .
The King Juan Carlos University and the Open University of Catalonia , which is among the top ten in the last Rusl have made a study to “learn more about the free software developer in areas such as geographical origin, age, or education reasons, among others “. And these were the results: Only 2% of free software developers are women; we’re missing something
The vast majority of these programmers are men, a whopping 98% percent , and I regret having to start with the most unfortunate thing study; but this should change. the domain of one sex in any human activity implies that the other valuable and creative people do not provide good that could, and certainly something we’re missing
The average age developers It is 34 years ; They are young and have a lot of work ahead and achievements; if any fine from 14 to 77 years old and at 21 when they made their first contribution on average. They have completed college (81%) , either undergraduate degree, master’s or doctoral degree; the latter 8% of them. 19% only count with secondary or high school confirms the passion for building this technology was talking about earlier: if high programming skills who lacks many people are required, this shows the great interest of these developers for their work .
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They live in a country with well established Internet 38%, the United States , but the European population proportion is higher there, and are technology professionals (80%) that reconcile their main paid job with the development of free software: only 25% is dedicated to it full time, and 50%, less than 5 hours per week ; 84% work in companies, 8%, in universities, and another 8% remainder are students yet.
65% of programmers earn money directly or indirectly (39% in the first case) to develop or deal with free software, and 46% of them also develop proprietary , indicating that the fact that 46% also develops proprietary software; Geeks are not any fans
contribute their time and effort to free technology does not mean they are fans of the same.
main reasons why began to develop free software were learning and perfecting new skills (78.9%), share knowledge and techniques (49.8%) and become part of a new form of cooperation (34.5%); only 4.4% said they had begun to make money. On the other hand, 70.5% for the first complaint alleges continue developing free software , 67.2% choose the second and 39.8% say that improving this technology and products existing; and again, only 12.3% said they continued to win silver. In addition, they were asked what they expect from other developers, to which the majority (55%) replied that share knowledge and skills, followed by respect for their contributions to free software (33%), which improve other partners ( 29%) and participating in the most important debates (another 29%).
We hope that this study will serve to drive away the prejudices that many people home about free software developers, and that little 2% of women who are growing quickly and can pitch in to inclusive advancement of this technology
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