Survey: Why you're here? + Some results

[dleanjeanz]

I have a survey for you guys so that you can introduce about yourselves and your... experience in programming.

Survey form:
1. Age, date of birth
2. Location //state (city), country where you're from
3. Job, career
4. Why do you program?
5. When did you start programming?
6. Why do you choose C++?
7. What do you love, hate the most about C++?
8. What programming language have you used?
9. What is your favorite programming language?
10. What job do you want most? //answer it even you already had a job, if you don't know ask yourself what job do you REALLY want
11. What are the greatest project you've ever programmed? (optional)
12. More about yourselves (optional)

I'll post mine later

------------------------------------RESULTS------------------------------------
Number of surveyor: 6
1. Average age: 26
- Junior: 13
- Senior: 44+
2. Origin: Various, most in Britain
3. Jobs: Various, most are students
4. Why program: Video games, fun
5. Start programming: 12 years ago average
6. Why choose C++: 'Cause it's used in makin video games
7. Love: various - Hate: not much
8. Language used: Most used Javascript, Visual Basic
9. Favorite language: C++

[Mats]

1. Youngish
2. UK
3. Entertainer
4. It's interesting and fun.
5. ~10 years ago
6. I thought it was what most games were written in.
7. Love - Most stuff / Hate - Nothing
8. Some C, Python and recently JS.
9. C++
10. Sheldon Cooper's job.
11. I'm not sure what is the greatest, but I love everytime I make an AI to play some game and it starts beating my friends.

Edit: Missed Q4.

[dleanjeanz]

Thanks for answering

Here's my:
1. Age: 13, December 2000
2. Hanoi, Vietnam
3. Jr. high school student.
4. 'Cause I want to make great games for myself and I gonna make the best simulation game ever on earth
5. About 6 years ago (have just been concentrating on programming for a few months)
6. 'Cause best, greatest games are written in C++
7. Love: Vectors, they're much better than arrays
Hate: Pointers, definitely but not so much since the first time I found it useful
8. SmallBasic(started with it), Visual Basic, C#, C++, Javascript, PHP //I'm not interested in programming much 'til last year 2013-2014
9. C++ recently
10. Er... game developer, of course

[Lachlan Easton]

1. January 93 (21 yo)
2. Melbourne Australia
3. Video game and app programmer
4. Ummm... Video games
5. During high-school, I can't remember what year
6. Because of its wide use in making video-games
7. Love: Deterministic resource handling
Hate: Is a very strong word
8. C/C++, VB, C#, lua, Java, unrealscript et. al.
9. C++
10. I wanted to be a bartender, so I took up game development
11. Ummm, largest in scope is on going http://dancingdinosaurgames.com/collateral/ my only other published game is http://www.walkingwithdinosaurs.com/apps/walking-with-dinosaurs-dino-run/
12. I'm quite partial to rum and whisky

[ResidentBiscuit]

1. 22
2. Kansas, US
3. CS student, sysnet admin assistant
4. I enjoy it. Someday, for money
5. High school, ~16 years old
6. I heard it was hard and that I shouldn't start there. So, I started there.
7. Love: Resource control. Hate: Nothing really.
8. C, C++, Java, Python, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, VB.NET
9. C++ or Python
10. CEO
11. Currently working on something big, it's a secret :)
12. I actually enjoy a nice social life outside of computers

[EwCjE3v7]

1. Well some say I`m over 200 years old
2. Ireland
3. Student
4. It`s a hobby and would like to program for my future job
5. last year this time with Java
6. Well it`s a great language used all around, in o
7. I don`t love anything about it or hate anything
8. Java(Little), little of HTML and C++
9. All languages have their own purposes so yea
10. To work at MICRSOFT/Apple/Google.. Well anything to do with operating systems and applications
11. My own TIC TAC TOE game and Country guessing game :D
12. Love everything about computers and electricity

[z05DSL3A]

1. Age, date of birth:

Born late 60s

2. Location: 

UK

3. Job, career: 

Software Developer/System Admin

4. Why do you program? 

I enjoy it

5. When did you start programming? 

Around 1981

6. Why do you choose C++? 

It was new...at the time.

7. What do you love, hate the most about C++? 

Love its versatility, hate its size.

8. What programming language have you used? 

I've used a few

9. What is your favorite programming language? 

C

10. What job do you want most? 

Luthier (again)

11. What are the greatest project you've ever programmed? (optional) 

Control system and firmware for a bespoke printer

12. More about yourselves (optional): 

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