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90
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Responses
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1.
What is your job title?
| Total respondents |
82 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
8 |
2.
How many years of experience do you have?
| Total respondents |
82 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
8 |
3.
What is your current work situation?
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Freelance / Contract
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7.2% |
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6 |
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Small Company (100 employees or less)
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34.9% |
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29 |
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Large Company (more than 100 employees)
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49.4% |
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41 |
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Other, please specify
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8.4% |
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7 |
| Total respondents |
83
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
7 |
4.
If you are employed by a company, are you:
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Doing work on your own company's products/services
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60% |
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45 |
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Working on an external client's products/services
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26.7% |
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20 |
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Other, please specify
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13.3% |
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10 |
| Total respondents |
75
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
15 |
5.
How would you classify your company?
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UX/Design firm
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17.1% |
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14 |
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Software development firm
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39% |
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32 |
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Other, please specify
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43.9% |
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36 |
| Total respondents |
82
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
8 |
6.
Are you:
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The only designer
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20.5% |
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17 |
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Part of a small design team
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50.6% |
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42 |
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Part of a large design group
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18.1% |
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15 |
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Other, please specify
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10.8% |
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9 |
| Total respondents |
83
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
7 |
7.
Who do you work with on a regular basis?
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Visual Designers
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64.6% |
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53 |
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Information Architects
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30.5% |
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25 |
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Industrial Designers
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8.5% |
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7 |
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Interaction Designers
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45.1% |
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37 |
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Service Designers
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7.3% |
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6 |
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Usability Researchers
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24.4% |
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20 |
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Front End Developers
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81.7% |
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67 |
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Back End Developers
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72% |
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59 |
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Software Prototypers
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20.7% |
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17 |
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Software Architects
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53.7% |
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44 |
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Other, please specify
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18.3% |
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15 |
| Total respondents |
82
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
8 |
8.
Are you co-located with developers?
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Yes, we share a desk.
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1.2% |
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1 |
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Yes, in the same room.
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38.6% |
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32 |
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Yes, in the same building.
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26.5% |
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22 |
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No.
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22.9% |
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19 |
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Other, please specify
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10.8% |
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9 |
| Total respondents |
83
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
7 |
9.
Please share any other details about your employment that you think might be relevant to this survey.
| Total respondents |
28 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
62 |
10.
In which of the following skills do you consider yourself to be competent?
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Visual design
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47.5% |
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38 |
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Information architecture
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75% |
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60 |
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Interaction design
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86.3% |
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69 |
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User interface design
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82.5% |
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66 |
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Usability evaluation
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68.8% |
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55 |
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UI specification
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65% |
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52 |
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UI prototyping
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55% |
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44 |
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UI implementation
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17.5% |
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14 |
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Other, please specify
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15% |
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12 |
| Total respondents |
80
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
9 |
11.
What technologies can you use competently?
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HTML
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88.1% |
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59 |
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CSS
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79.1% |
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53 |
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ActionScript
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13.4% |
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9 |
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Spry
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3% |
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2 |
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JavaScript
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35.8% |
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24 |
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jQuery
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29.9% |
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20 |
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YUI
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9% |
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6 |
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DOJO
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3% |
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2 |
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Prototype
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13.4% |
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9 |
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MochiKit
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0% |
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0 |
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Ext JS
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1.5% |
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1 |
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Open Rico
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0% |
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0 |
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Qooxdoo
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0% |
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0 |
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Moo Tools
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3% |
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2 |
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X library
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1.5% |
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1 |
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Fork
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0% |
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0 |
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OAT
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0% |
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0 |
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AJS
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0% |
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0 |
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Java
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11.9% |
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8 |
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Ruby
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7.5% |
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5 |
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Python
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7.5% |
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5 |
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Perl
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7.5% |
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5 |
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PHP
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25.4% |
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17 |
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C++
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4.5% |
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3 |
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C#
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7.5% |
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5 |
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Objective-C
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4.5% |
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3 |
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Processing
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6% |
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4 |
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Visual Basic
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6% |
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4 |
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Visual C++
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1.5% |
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1 |
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.NET
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7.5% |
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5 |
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XML
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19.4% |
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13 |
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XSLT
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10.4% |
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7 |
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Other, please specify
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13.4% |
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9 |
| Total respondents |
67
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
22 |
12.
In which of these activities do you regularly participate?
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User research
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72.5% |
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58 |
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Requirements analysis
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75% |
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60 |
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Wireframe creation
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92.5% |
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74 |
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UI sketching
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86.3% |
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69 |
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Screen rendering (e.g. pixel-perfect mockups)
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46.3% |
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37 |
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Physical prototyping (e.g. paper)
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65% |
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52 |
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Digital prototyping (e.g. HTML, Flash)
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46.3% |
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37 |
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Design documentation
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73.8% |
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59 |
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Implementation (e.g. writing production HTML and CSS))
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20% |
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16 |
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Functional testing
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36.3% |
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29 |
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Usability testing
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71.3% |
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57 |
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Bug reporting
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52.5% |
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42 |
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Bug fixing
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18.8% |
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15 |
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Writing of user guides or training materials
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21.3% |
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17 |
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Other, please specify
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6.3% |
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5 |
| Total respondents |
80
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
9 |
13.
Are there any other skills or experience that you think may be relevant to this survey?
| Total respondents |
13 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
76 |
14.
Do you use issue tracking software (e.g. JIRA, Bugzilla)? If so, what for?
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Nobody at my company uses it.
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15.2% |
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12 |
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The developers use it, but I do not.
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19% |
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15 |
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I am assigned tasks by other members of my team through it.
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41.8% |
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33 |
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I create tasks for myself in it.
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29.1% |
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23 |
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I create tasks for other team members in it.
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35.4% |
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28 |
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I use it to record effort estimates and/or time tracking.
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12.7% |
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10 |
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I report bugs in it.
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55.7% |
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44 |
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I receive bug reports to be fixed through it.
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36.7% |
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29 |
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I attach design deliverables to tasks/issues in it.
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36.7% |
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29 |
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Other, please specify
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10.1% |
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8 |
| Total respondents |
79
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
3 |
15.
Do you use version control software (e.g. Subversion, GitHub)? If so, what for?
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Nobody at my company uses it.
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15.4% |
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12 |
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The developers use it, but I do not.
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53.8% |
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42 |
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I use it for version control of my design deliverables.
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17.9% |
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14 |
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I use it for version control of my prototype code.
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11.5% |
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9 |
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I use it for version control of my production code.
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15.4% |
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12 |
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Other, please specify
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3.8% |
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3 |
| Total respondents |
78
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
4 |
16.
To what degree are you consulted by developers?
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Rarely. I pass my designs over the wall.
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5.1% |
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4 |
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We work together during the design phase, but I don't have much input during implementation.
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6.4% |
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5 |
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Developers regularly come to me with questions during implementation.
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32.1% |
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25 |
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I work integrally with the developers throughout all project phases.
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46.2% |
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36 |
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Other, please specify
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10.3% |
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8 |
| Total respondents |
78
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
4 |
17.
Are there management-sanctioned processes in place that require design involvement in all UI work? If so, please explain.
| Total respondents |
38 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
44 |
18.
Do you work directly in the production code base?
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Yes
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18.4% |
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14 |
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No
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77.6% |
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59 |
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Other, please specify
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3.9% |
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3 |
| Total respondents |
76
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
6 |
19.
Do you participate in code reviews?
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Yes
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17.9% |
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14 |
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No
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79.5% |
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62 |
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Other, please specify
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2.6% |
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2 |
| Total respondents |
78
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
4 |
20.
Do developers participate in design activities? If so, please explain.
| Total respondents |
56 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
26 |
21.
What kind of relationship do you have with the developers you work with?
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I consider some of them to be good friends.
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39.7% |
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31 |
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We do things together socially outside of work.
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37.2% |
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29 |
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We're in the same World of Warcraft guild. For the Horde!
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0% |
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0 |
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We do things together socially at work (e.g. have lunch).
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59% |
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46 |
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They respect my skills and value my contributions.
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75.6% |
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59 |
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I respect their skills and value their input.
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89.7% |
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70 |
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It is a purely business relationship.
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21.8% |
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17 |
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I interact with them as little as possible.
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1.3% |
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1 |
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i intimidate them.
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10.3% |
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8 |
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They intimidate me.
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3.8% |
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3 |
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They consider me to be the one that "makes things pretty".
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20.5% |
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16 |
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They have no respect for, or understanding of, what I do.
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12.8% |
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10 |
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I hate them.
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1.3% |
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1 |
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They hate me.
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1.3% |
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1 |
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Other, please specify
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16.7% |
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13 |
| Total respondents |
78
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| Respondents who skipped this question |
4 |
22.
Please provide any other information you feel is relevant to this survey.
| Total respondents |
17 |
| Respondents who skipped this question |
65 |
