34 min

Digging into the HackerRank Survey 2023 Build and Learn

    • Technology

In this episode we dig into the HackerRank annual survey that was released a few months ago for 2023 including the top in demand skills from employers in this uncertain tech and economic environment. Note from Colin & CJ: This episode was recorded in November 2022. It is amazing how much changes in a few months.
Languages By Volume of HackerRanks
JavaPythonSQLC++JavascriptBashC#GoTypescriptRPHPCSwiftRubyMethodology for languages 
To estimate employer demand for specific programming languages, we looked at HackerRank Work tests where a specific programming language was required, or where specific library questions were asked. Skill demand was estimated by the number of HackerRank Work tests using specific library questions.On the preference – or supply–side, we tracked submitted languages by candidates when they have multiple options available, as well as their proficiency in those languages. We also included HankerRank Community practice data to get a full spectrum of skill preferences.Notable these results are not survey results like the Stack Overflow surveyDemand for most languages growing, but not equallyIs there potential bias in the types of companies that use HackerRank? Companies that are more likely to use Java for exampleTop 5 Skills in demand 
Problem SolvingMachine LearningREST APIsReactHTML/CSS/JSREST API shows sustained drama-free demand growth 😂Keep an eye on Go and TypeScript
Outlook
Tech hiring (and everything else) hit headwinds in 2022Overall, the tech industry continues to growingOther Links Mentioned
Art of Product Episode Episode 218Build Your SaaSFounder's Quest PodcastBuild and Learn around the web
Twitter: @buildandlearn_Colin: @colinloretzCJ: @cjav_dev

In this episode we dig into the HackerRank annual survey that was released a few months ago for 2023 including the top in demand skills from employers in this uncertain tech and economic environment. Note from Colin & CJ: This episode was recorded in November 2022. It is amazing how much changes in a few months.
Languages By Volume of HackerRanks
JavaPythonSQLC++JavascriptBashC#GoTypescriptRPHPCSwiftRubyMethodology for languages 
To estimate employer demand for specific programming languages, we looked at HackerRank Work tests where a specific programming language was required, or where specific library questions were asked. Skill demand was estimated by the number of HackerRank Work tests using specific library questions.On the preference – or supply–side, we tracked submitted languages by candidates when they have multiple options available, as well as their proficiency in those languages. We also included HankerRank Community practice data to get a full spectrum of skill preferences.Notable these results are not survey results like the Stack Overflow surveyDemand for most languages growing, but not equallyIs there potential bias in the types of companies that use HackerRank? Companies that are more likely to use Java for exampleTop 5 Skills in demand 
Problem SolvingMachine LearningREST APIsReactHTML/CSS/JSREST API shows sustained drama-free demand growth 😂Keep an eye on Go and TypeScript
Outlook
Tech hiring (and everything else) hit headwinds in 2022Overall, the tech industry continues to growingOther Links Mentioned
Art of Product Episode Episode 218Build Your SaaSFounder's Quest PodcastBuild and Learn around the web
Twitter: @buildandlearn_Colin: @colinloretzCJ: @cjav_dev

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