More than 30K technologists from 169 countries have shared their thoughts with us, and now it’s time to share everything we’ve learned with you. So let’s dive into this year’s Annual Developer Survey.

In the whirlwind that has been the last year of technological innovation and market uncertainty, we don’t blame you if you’re feeling burnt out. If keeping up with the latest and greatest in the tech world has been difficult for you, have no fear, because the Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey is here!

For the sixteenth year, we’ve asked developers and technologists about everything from how they’re using AI to how happy they are at work to where they’re learning new skills. This year’s survey boils down to one question: How are you doing?

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Responses

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Countries reached

467

Technologies examined

“AI has the potential to reshape the entire software and product development life cycle, but realizing that potential requires a foundational change to workflows, roles, and ownership.”

Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar recently spoke to Computing’s Ctrl Alt Lead podcast about why this might be the case: “With AI, every individual becomes almost a manager of agents. That's a sea change from just an individual that's writing code.” It seems that agents are superpowering some developers' work, making it easier for them to set a solo course backed up by their own team of agents—instead of taking their decreasing satisfaction at work on the chin.

“AI is forcing software organizations to document the judgment they previously relied on people to supply.”