Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2017 - most jobs come through networking

Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2017 

More than 64,000 developers from 213 countries participated in this year's annual survey by Stack Overflow -- the largest number ever -- giving a glimpse into the collective psyche of programmers around the world. An anonymous reader quotes their announcement:


Job Discovery

How Did Developers Find Their Current Job?

A friend, family member, or former colleague told me

• 26.8%

I was contacted directly by someone at the company (e.g. internal recruiter)

• 17.9%

A general-purpose job board

• 13.9%

An external recruiter or headhunter

• 13.4%

I visited the company’s Web site and found a job listing there

• 8.5%

Some other way

• 7.7%

A career fair or on-campus recruiting event

• 7.7%

A tech-specific job board

• 4.0%

23,737 responses

Networking matters. The most common way developers found their most recent job was through a friend, family member, or former colleague who told them about it. The second most common, however, is by being contacted by someone at the company, such as a company recruiter.