IDC: 40 Percent of Developers Are 'Hobbyists'

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 20, 2013 @02:36AM from the fewer-than-expected dept.

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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Re:Huh? by alex67500 · 2013-12-20 05:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Coding is a hobby and I prefer to keep it that way. I'm a hospital pharmacist and there is no way I could sit in front of a computer 40 hours per week.

The pharmacy billing software company I work for hires people like you to be product owners.
Guys, get a room!! ;-)