IDC: 40 Percent of Developers Are 'Hobbyists'

itwbennett writes "A new IDC study has found that 'of the 18.5 million software developers in the world, about 7.5 million — roughly 40 percent — are so-called hobbyist developers,' which by IDC's definition is 'someone who spends 10 hours a month or more writing computer or mobile device programs, even though they are not paid primarily to be a programmer.' Lumped into this group are students, people hoping to strike it rich with mobile apps, and people who code on the job but aren't counted among the developer ranks."

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You left out hobbyist coders

[Ukab the Great]

who do it for the groupies.

Re:1%

[Anonymous Coward]

100% of chan pedos would pass that test in 20 languages.