Ask an Engineering Manager listener survey Question Title * 1. What best describes your current professional status? I work in the software industry I work in a different industry, but my job involves creating or maintaining software My job does not involve creating software at the moment - but I aim to switch to a software-related job later I am attending a school, university or training class with the goal of working in the software industry later I do not work in the software industry, and do not plan to in the future, but want to understand more about software development Question Title * 2. What job do you currently do? Software Developer / Software Engineer / Programmer Project Manager Engineering Manager Scrum Master Product Manager Product Owner UI / UX / Designer Customer Support Marketing System administration / SRE / DevOps Something else - please specify Question Title * 3. What are your main professional goals for the next 1 - 2 years? Improve my existing technical skills, gain more experience and a deeper understanding Update my technical skills, learn more modern technologies Broaden my skillset, learn new skills that complement what I am currently doing Get promoted to a new level / job title Get a raise, make more money Become better at working with my boss, and understanding the business side of the company Switch to a more famous or more prestigious company Become a manager Improve my work/life balance, reduce stress (e.g. overtime, on-call hours, long commute) I'm having fun where I am, so basically plan to continue doing what I am doing now Question Title * 4. Why do you listen to the "Ask an engineering manager" podcast? I am early in my career in software, and want to know more about how software teams and companies really work I want to improve my technical skills (e.g. which technologies are important) I want to improve my business skills (e.g. how to do a good job that is valuable to the company) I am a manager myself, and want to see other's opinions about how to handle management topics Just for fun, to entertain myself while doing something else I sent a question to askanengineeringmanager@gmail.com , and want to see it answered Other reasons (please specify) Question Title * 5. Where do you listen to podcasts? (select all options you use frequently) Apple podcasts app Google podcasts app Spotify Youtube Soundcloud On the podcast's website On the website of a podcast search engine (e.g. listennotes.com) a different podcast player app (e.g. Overcast, Pocketcasts, Castro, PodcastAddict etc) - please state the name of the app you use Question Title * 6. How did you discover this podcast? I was searching for a podcast just like this I was searching for a specific topic or answer, and an episode came up in the results My podcast app recommended it to me A friend told me about it I saw an ad for it Some other way (please specify) Question Title * 7. Where do you live? (Country and city) Question Title * 8. Which questions would you like the podcast to answer? Which topics are most interesting to you? Fertig