Working with Developers Survey: Titles
My survey was open from December 13, 2011 to January 14th. I advertised it through many channels, including the IxDA forums, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and DesignAday. I had 308 people view my survey, but only 90 actually responded. 82 completed it, giving me a 91% completion rate. On average, people spent 11 minutes answering the questions.
I created a Wordle rendering of the job titles. It’s not a particularly attractive one, due to the dominance of a very few words contrasted with single use of a lot of words. You’ll have to view it at full size to see any of the smaller words. I did convert abbreviations, such as UX, UI, and Sr. to full words to get an accurate word count. One respondent in particular did not like his/her title: Web Experience Specialist. You can see their unique contribution within the counter of the “g” in Designer.
I was a little surprised by the relatively even distribution of years of experience. I guess I was expecting a higher percentage of designers with 1 to 5 years of experience and a lower percentage of respondents in the 16 to 20 year range.
