Beliefs, practices, and personalities of software engineers: a survey in a large software company

摘要

An exploratory survey of Microsoft employees had respondents complete a personality test as well as answer questions about various work practices and various beliefs about software development. Questions about work practices came from discussion with and observation of developers. Questions about software development were selected from a list of controversial topics at Stack Overflow. The number of respondents was 797, which represents a 26 percent response rate.