# The great big Schibsted programming language survey 2015

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tech.finn.no2015/11/21/the-great-big-schibsted-programming-language-survey-2015/>)

Author: Morten Lied Johansen

Published: 2015-11-21T21:28:28Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Finn.no](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/finn-no.md>)

Topics: [Programming language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming-language.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-language.md>), [survey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/survey.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces a 2015 survey of programming-language use among employees across Schibsted companies. It presents the survey as a personal project intended to replace opinions and hearsay in technology-choice discussions with data; 309 people responded.

## Source excerpt

During September, I collected answers on a survey about programming languages from people who work in one of the many companies that make up the Schibsted family. The survey is neither requested, sanctioned, approved or even suggested by anyone in management, in any Schibsted company. It is entirely my own personal pet-project, because I'm interested in these things. The survey opens with the following introduction: In 2012, there was a discussion about technology choices, and particulary programming languages to use in FINN. As always in such discussions, claims like "It's impossible to hire people who know language X, so we need to always use Java" or "We can't expect programmers to learn a new language just because we think language Y would be a better fit" were put forward. Personally, I've never liked those arguments, because they contradict what I think defines a "good programmer", and I'm optimistically hoping that we only hire "good programmers". Also, instead of opinions, beliefs, rumours and hearsay, let's be data driven in these discussions! So I decided I wanted to put it to the test, and created a survey and posted it for all the company to see. The results from that survey were blogged about here: http://tech.finn.no/2012/09/04/leaving-the-tower-of-babel/ Now, almost three years later, a lot of changes are happening. FINN is becoming more close with it's Schibsted brethren, Schibsted itself is turning towards a more technological outlook, and I felt it was time to get an updated view, and why not involve all of Schibsted while we're at it. So, "The great big Schibsted programming language survey 2015" was created, and hopefully it will make the rounds in all of Schibsted and gather some interesting, fun, surprising and (with a bit of luck) useful insights. About the responses 309 people responded to the survey, which is more than many of my co-workers thought would respond. Over 50% of respondents are in their thirties, and if we look at the ages from