[asalazar]

Ok here's an analysis on job satisfaction that I found interesting.

1. very weak relationship to high compensation. Not completely surprising and in-line with much of the research.

2. Here's a hard one. No significance of consumer device (tablet, gaming console, etc) EXCEPT for Apple devices (albiet a weak one). All the fanboys are probably nodding their heads but I challenge you to explain it rationally.

3. The importance of work/life balance seems to show in the data with weak relationships to job satisfaction but its mostly around hours spent working and commuting. Why is it only a weak relationship?

4. Suprisingly, life at work seems to be less related to job satisfaction. With only very weak relationships to things like quality of office space, bureaucracy, quality of workstation, # of meetings, opportunities to work on new tech, and opportunities for growth. I wonder if perhaps the data is skewed by the averages. I wonder what the data would look like if you separated tier 1 developers from everyone else.

[podperson]

Windows 8 devs were as happy as Mac devs, which was interesting. No-one else was close. Also note that Mac devs tend to work in smaller shops, which is correlated to happiness.

Game devs were the happiest devs. So - work for a small mac game dev.