Questions about the relevance of educational material

This is the core of the survey...

Mathematics Topics If you wish, you may use fractional numbers (e.g. 2.5, 4.5). The scales are described in detail with this question and abbreviated elsewhere.	How much did you learn about this in your formal education (e.g. University or College)? 0=Learned nothing at all 1=Became vaguely familiar 2=Leaned the basics 3=Became functional (moderate working knowledge) 4=Learned a lot 5=Learned in depth; became expert (Learned almost everything)	What is your current knowledge about this, considering what you have learned on the job as well as forgotten? 0=Know nothing 1=Am vaguely familiar 2=Know the basics 3=Am functional (moderate working knowledge) 4=Know a lot 5=Know in depth / am expert (Know almost everything)	How useful have the details of this specific material been to you in your career as a software developer or software manager? Please leave blank if you know little about the material. 0=Completely Useless 1=Almost never useful 2=Occasionally useful 3=Moderately useful, but perhaps only in certain activities 4=Very useful 5=Essential	How much influence has learning the material had on your thinking (i.e. your approach to problems and your general intellectual maturity), whether or not you have directly used the details of the material? Please consider influence on both your career and other aspects of your life. Please leave blank if you know little about the material. 0=No influence at all 1=Almost no influence 2=Occasional influence 3=Moderate influence in some activities 4=Significant influence in many activities 5=Profound influence on almost everything I do
Differential and Integral Calculus
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra and Matrices
Probability and Statistics
Predicate Logic
Set Theory
Graph Theory
Information Theory
Automata theory
Queuing theory
Combinatorics
Control Theory
Formal Languages
Laplace and Fourier Transforms
	Learned in formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	Current knowledge? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details been? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	Influence on general thinking? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence

Software Topics Use the same 0 - 5 scale as before If you wish, you may use fractional numbers (e.g. 2.5, 4.5). The scales are described in detail in the mathematics section. and abbreviated elsewhere.	How much did you learn about this in your formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	What is your current knowledge about this? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details of the specific material been in your career? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	How has learning the material influenced your thinking whether or not you have used the details? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence
Data Structures
Software Architecture
Software Design and Patterns
File Management
Databases
Specific Programming Languages
Programming Language Theory
Parsing and Compiler Design
Performance Measurement and Analysis
Design of Algorithms
Computational Complexity and Algorithm Analysis
Computational Methods for Numerical Problems
	Learned in formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	Current knowledge? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details been? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	Influence on general thinking? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence
Simulation
Artificial Intelligence
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
Computer Graphics
Human Computer Interaction / User Interfaces
Information Retrieval
Security and Cryptography
Operating Systems
Systems Programming
Data Transmission and Networks
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Real-Time System Design
	Learned in formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	Current knowledge? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details been? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	Influence on general thinking? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence
Project Management
Requirements Gathering and Analysis
Formal Specification Methods
Object Oriented Concepts and Technology
Analysis and Design Methods
Testing, Verification and Quality Assurance
Configuration and Release Management
Maintenance, Reengineering and Reverse Engineering
Software Metrics
Software Reliability and Fault Tolerance
Software Cost Estimation
Process standards (CMM / ISO 9000 etc)
	Learned in formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	Current knowledge? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details been? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	Influence on general thinking? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence

Hardware / Computer Engineering Topics Use the same 0 - 5 scale as before If you wish, you may use fractional numbers (e.g. 2.5, 4.5). The scales are described in detail in the mathematics section. and abbreviated elsewhere.	How much did you learn about this in your formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	What is your current knowledge about this? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details of the specific material been in your career? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	How has learning the material influenced your thinking whether or not you have used the details? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence
Digital Electronics and Digital Logic
Microprocessor Architecture
Computer System Architecture
Network Architecture and Data Transmission
Telephony and Telecommunications
Analog Electronics
Robotics
Digital Signal Processing
VLSI
Data Acquisition
	Learned in formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	Current knowledge? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details been? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	Influence on general thinking? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence

Non-Computing Material Typically Studied Use the same 0 - 5 scale as before If you wish, you may use fractional numbers (e.g. 2.5, 4.5). The scales are described in detail in the mathematics section. and abbreviated elsewhere.	How much did you learn about this in your formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	What is your current knowledge about this? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details of the specific material been in your career? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	How has learning the material influenced your thinking whether or not you have used the details? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence
Physics
Chemistry
Economics
Accounting
Marketing
Management
Entrepreneurship
Psychology
Philosophy
Technical Writing
Giving Presentations to an Audience
Leadership
Negotiation
Ethics and Professionalism
Second Language (Other than English as a Second Language)
	Learned in formal education? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	Current knowledge? 0=nothing 3=moderate/functional 5=in depth/expert	How useful have details been? 0=useless 3=moderately useful 5=essential	Influence on general thinking? 0=no influence 3=moderate influence 5=profound influence

Demographic Questions

These will help us find out if people with different types of background have different needs.

1.	Country where you work:
2.	State/Province where you work (if applicable):
3.	Highest degree earned:	(none selected) Ph.D. Masters Bachelors College Diploma Other
4.	Year you obtained your highest degree:
5.	Topics of your degrees. If you have degrees in more than one topic, or have a double major, then please check more than one box:	Software Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Other Engineering Other Science Mathematics Business Other
6.	Country where you obtained your highest degree:
7.	Cumulative number of years working on computer software:
8.	Please indicate the approximate percentage of your total working time that you have spent on the following activities during the last year. Please include both time working in groups as well as alone:
	a) Management or project management:	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
	b) Requirements analysis or specification:	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
	c) Software architecture and design:	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
	d) Working with source code (writing code, understanding code etc.)	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
	e) Testing software written by others	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
	f) Installation, customer support etc.	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
9.	Please indicate the percentage of your total working time you have spent understanding or modifying software or documents written by others (i.e. performing maintenance as opposed to new development):	(not indicated) none less than 5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75%-100%%
10.	Which of the following categories most accurately describes the team in which you most often work:	Small team: 1-7 people working on a small system (typically less than 10000 lines of code) Medium team: 5-20 people working on a medium sized system (typically 8000 to 150000 lines of code) Large team: 15 to 60 people working on a large and complex system (typically between 100000 and 2 million lines of code) Very large team: Over 45 people working on an extremely large and complex system (typically more than 1.5 million lines of code) (Question not answered)
11.	On which of the following types of software have you performed significant work over the last five years? You may select more than one category:	Real-time, embedded, systems or telecommunications software (in general, software that is developed as part of a larger system). Management information software or other software for running the business (e.g. accounting, inventory etc.) that is being developed or tailored largely for in-house use. Consumer or mass-market software (typically sold on the open-market in shrink-wrapped packages). Application software produced for specialized markets that does not fit into the above categories.
12.	Which of the following most closely describes the industry in which you would consider your company to be primarily involved. If you select one of the 'other' options on the right, please specify the industry here:	Development of consumer software. Telecommunications, networking software development. Engineering or scientific software development. Financial software development. Development of other application software for specialized markets. Software consulting. Other software, please specify at left.   Military. Other government, including government agencies, law enforcement, local. Banking, finance, insurance, financial services or consulting etc. Telecommunications or networking equipment manufacturing. Manufacturing other computer hardware/peripherals, computer engineering. Telecommunications or networking service. Aeronautics, space, defense contracting. Other engineering or manufacturing, please specify at left. Education (schools, universities etc.). Law, legal services. Health care. Retailing, marketing, distributing etc. Broadcasting, publishing etc. Other service industry, please specify at left. Non-profit association. Other, please specify at left.

Identification Questions (Optional)

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14.	Email Address:
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