Digging into the HackerRank Survey 2023

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

• Java
• Python
• SQL
• C++
• Javascript
• Bash
• C#
• Go
• Typescript
• R
• PHP
• C
• Swift
• Ruby

Methodology 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 survey
• Demand for most languages growing, but not equally
• Is there potential bias in the types of companies that use HackerRank? 
  • Companies that are more likely to use Java for example

Top 5 Skills in demand 

• Problem Solving
• Machine Learning
• REST APIs
• React
• HTML/CSS/JS
• REST API shows sustained drama-free demand growth 😂
• Keep an eye on Go and TypeScript

Outlook

• Tech hiring (and everything else) hit headwinds in 2022
• Overall, the tech industry continues to growing

Other Links Mentioned

• Art of Product Episode Episode 218
• Build Your SaaS
• Founder's Quest Podcast

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