Do you enjoy working remotely?
It's not my preference. I'd prefer to be in an office
I like it, though I like visiting the office occasional

How did you find out about your current job? Other (please specify)
been here 20 years. found ad in paper in 1993
Came in through capstone project of my bachelor's degree
I was invited by the company owner to do the job.
Was called up by the company, decided to try and stayed
moved from role as consultant to full time.
I'm a student! In the school... Please respect this...
Independent consultant - get customers through referrals
Position opened while I was consulting for the company
I was approached by a recruiter via Careers 2.0 (careers
Do a job for myself, and as open project
I'm an army guy - It's mandaroty over here.
Professor advertised himself on his lecture I was attend
Recruitement ad on the wall of the school restaurant.
Was unemployed, a student at the organization, wanted to
University placement service - 21 years ago!
My own research into 501 (c) 3 opportunities.
The company found my blog and contact me.
Developer/co-founder in company read a news article I'd
Head of Computer Science Department for School proposed
Currently working for a professor at my university.
Sent an email that showed my interest in working with th
applied for a different company, cofounder directed me t
have been granted after successfull university project
teaching assistant at my university, was asked by the te
Hired internally from another job within the company
Newspaper want ad (had this job since 1999)
My parents know the in-laws of my current boss, they rec
I'm working, I'm not an employee. Some say I'm selfemplo
current boss mentioned job in a podcast, I called him
Was a contractor for company, decided to stay.
Employed by university right after graduation
Classified ad in local newspaper. Yes, a print newspaper
they found me on careers.stackoverflow.com
E-mail from a teacher from my University, which were sen
Stayed after my internship, which I got from an online j
I'm a student. I get scholarships and work as a TA.
Tweet w/ job posting from a person I follow on Twitter
Offline Job Posting (in newspaper, I mean those ancient
Really can't remember it was so long ago
programming contest organized by company
Moved from IT dept. to Software Engineering dept. in the
I left Dell to become the Assistant Pastor at my church
Referral from another company I applied to
I worked here before as a consultant, then I get hired b
acquired; company i worked for acquired by a larger comp
Placed by Contracting House (IT BodyShop)
Returned to the company after briefly trying another ind
Applied unsolicited via mail to graduate program adverti
was customer; loved product; went to work for company
Newspaper Job Advert / Internal Transfer
My current employer was my undergrad tutor in Physical C
College clinic project (equivalent of a thesis)
Contacted by company based on my Stack Overflow particip
True story: My current employer searched for the topics
Saw the req on the internal company Job site
Recruited first as tutor for university courses and then
formerly a contractor at the same company
Requested to come work for the company by the founders

What advertisers do you remember seeing on Stack Overflow? Open-Ended Response
Mainly other SX sites (and Careers). Also larger FLOSS projects.
God's honest truth, I do not use an ad blocker but I am so banne
Do you have ads at all? DIdnt see any :) Not suing ad blocker,
vim, nginx, stackoverflow/careers, smallfry php framework
- Software Development Jobs and Internships. - Embedded Systems
i do not really remember the company names.
Frankly, none. (I must have a built-in ad block capacity!)
Well none, honestly. I don't spend much time on Stack Overflow.
There are job adverts. The other ones are either hidden because
Telerik Microsoft and a lot of other libraries for web etc
To tell you the truth none.. but Apptivate I remember after read
Job board (I like the 'Work From Home' ads with the beagle)
careers.stackoverflow stackexchange job listings some build sy
Careers 2.0. Some game that wants developers.
none that I can think of, except Careers 2.0, actually.
Stuff like Silverlight drives me crazy (can't remember the brand
I company in Bangalore looking for front-end web developers.
Mostly sites that belong to Stack Exchange, a few that advertise
I believe I've never seen ads on stackoverflow. Have I been too
Microsoft, RackSpace, I think maybe Atlassian... and a bunch of
I see so many adds from all over the place, only really, really
Rackspace, and ads for your careers site
heroku postgres digital ocean careers 2.0 crazy egg (i think)
Careers 2.0 Dogs and Cats.LOL. Also Apptivate Contest and I thin
The only ones I can remember were the ones for Careers 2.0.
Stack Exchange, Some sort of hosting service (VU? VA? something
Jobs at Stack Overflow (unicorn mask makes me lol). Careers 2.0
uhhh - I know there are ads. There was one for Plover.
Mostly Careers 2.0 ;-) but some of the tag ads are eye catching
JRebel, rockspace, stackoverflow internal products and few other
no body, I think my brain just ignores them
SQL Sentry, I see all the time because I am always asking SQL qu
Some conference with Jon Skeet, that's all...
SO's Careers 2.0, random job ad text lines for Japan and Canada.
rackspace careers 2.0 PyCharm 3.0 Several other brands who's
None. I don't even see ads. My brain knows how to black out thos
Not Sure - Developers and Windows platform ads may be
Career ads for a iPhone developer role in Bangalore for a startu
None. It is the unfortunate state of the internet that due to an
This ad from, I think full sail, of a really shitty looking guy
You're asking me about this? Seriously? OK, here's what I remem
just careers 2.0 ads. The laptop beagle and work from home
Sorry, I have pretty much succeeded at mentally filtering out ad
Currently forgotten names - thank god for Xmas breaks
only advertisers where i've already bought a service
none, i've never even looked at the advertising.
None, even when Ad Blocker is off... I don't look at them.
I've been less active lately and can't think of any. When I was
Typically open source projects that seemed interesting or career
Stack Overflow Career (Woof from work - ad)
Rackspace just recently, RedGate a while back and Seapine ages a
MongoDB MMS solution. Although I usually run AdBlock
Only Despark, as one friend works there.
Stack Overflow Stack Exchange Power (Super?) User (Stack Excha
Rackspace, New Relic, Careers 2.0, Microsoft
no one, you damn ads are very expensive so these rich guys don't
Before using ad blockers I once clicked on an AD that offered a
Job advertisements, an advert with a dolphin on it, some advert
Hmmm maybe JRebel, but I saw it all over the place, not only on
Microsoft with Apptivate, but I'm a Linux user, so that is a big
I am not entirely sure. But I remember clicking on some.
I don't use adblock, but I still don't remember seeing any ads.
Windows 8 app contest and many others just can't recall now
StackExchange itself; lots of local companies recruiting; some h
Some build server thing. I think a refactoring tool as well.
None in particular, I'll glance at the jobs that are listed but
Dog for CarreerStackOverflow. I don't really see the point for
Umm.. in one ear, out the other. I've never really seen an SO A
None actually, i was wondering where on Stackoverflow, Ads are d
none :-( - hate to say this but you need a don't know in the rat
I honestly don't remember any. I'm pretty in the zone when on SO
Careers 2.0 resp. job post ads from Careers 2.0
Technology-related, especially tools for helping IT people
I'm mainly aware of the internal SE ads. I spend more time on no
To be honest, I really don't remember any.
This is embarrassing, but quite literally none I can think of ri
Careers 2.0, individual job posts from the careers portal, Somet
Grand Theft Auto, Stack Exchange Work on our problems
I don't remember exactly, maybe a profiling tool for C#, new rel
Huh? I haven't ever seen any ads. I think it's because I'm in th
Only Stack Exchange (most ads I see are for other SE network sit
I don't remember seeing any advertising on Stack Overflow.
Enthusiastic Back-end Developer!! MyHeritage Or Yehuda, Israel
Did I once see New Relic? Not sure, as I completely avoid ads wi
Adblock. sorry :-( but I will whitelist your site, I promise!
Related to products. I checked but I can't remember them.
none, I'm trained to not look at ads (also, I do most Web usage
Other Stack Exchange sites. Specifically the UX ad.
English Stackexchange questions Arcade Stackexchange questions
none. I don't notice ads unless they're so annoying they make me
the one which used an entity encoded heart character
Stack Careers, Notepad++, other SE sites and their Twitter accou
The only one I remember distinctly is Stack Exchange itself. The
Honestly, I mostly remember seeing ads for StackExchange itself
careers 2.0, community bulletin, web servers, etc
I don't trust ad scripts and I don't like being analyzed by stra
Careers, Open Source projects, something about cloud servers.
stop bothering me with Ads, I prefer to use my mental capacity b
None; I use an ad blocker and won't be turning it off for anythi
Open positions, ad links to Careers 2.0 job post.
random programming stuff. The one I remember most is new relic a
None, I'am accustomed to surfing and a hard internet user, I don
only careers, not sure if that qualifies as an ad..
I don't remember seeing any particular ads. If there's any adver
Don't remember. I'll actively try to not look on ads, sorry.
I honestly can't name one off hand. My mind sort of blocks them
the one that made your servers faster their logo has a circle...
None, I pay no attention to any advertising, anywhere ever. It's
Scottvest, the clothing with lots of pockets.
None I saw the ads in the past, now I only see the Careers 2.
didnt realize there WERE ads (and I dont use an ad blocker)
no idea... the ad-blocker is in my head, for the most part
I don't see much ads, neither puts much attention to them. I giv
adblocker takes care of them all for me.
None if I get an add I close the browser 99% of time.
ads are not intrusive enough to remember, haha
NewRelic, JetBrains, NewEgg, Telerik, Engine Yard
None. I have pretty severe banner blindness. Until this survey,
Dunno exactly. About php or C# developer jobs and etc.
Canadian Security Intelligence Agency...I actually applied to a
I don't pay much attention to them to be honest. I guess I've s
I don't actually use an ad blocker, but I have a mental/visual b
I think PyCharm, but usually open source stuff.
StackOverflow Carreers and a few Windows developer products. Not
My brain blanks them out. Can't think of any ads that were nota
Something with a seastar, probably a travel agency. Otherwise, n
Mostly Careers 2.0 Maybe Telerik/Redgate although not in the la
Company I work for discourages job searching so I avoid things l
That silly starfish with the sunglasses taking a vacation.
Careers 2.0 and a few web dev companies.
stackoverflow careers - the dog, the little man, the job listing
New Relic (but I see their ads all over the place - I wouldn't r
None. I don't pay attention to advertisements. I always actively
Careers 2.0, Build tools, Web development frameworks (Node), etc
Plenty, but it is passive recollection when I see them elsewhere
None really, I just sort of block ads out of my vision.
None, just adverts for stack overflow careers. Probably a good t
Links to other Stack Exchange sites (??? or maybe those were on
The odd ad about jobs on Careers 2.0, that's about it really.
Mostly open-source projects (I think it's because my ad blocker
I don't use an ad blocker but I do not attend to the ads either.
My mind filters advertisers by itself, so I don't remember any a
Companies all around the world recruiting profiles
No advice from me because its an awesome website many times its
new realic [ i think they are toys,t-shirt providers]
Other Stack Exchange sites, Stack Overflow Careers
Jobs at Stack Exchange (woof from home!), company pages
I wasn't aware of ads. I blame adblock. I'll whitelist you guys.
I don't pay attention to ads on Stack Overflow
None specifically, they all seem to merge into one after a while
A few company's, Careers 2.0, Open Rack, Microsoft something...
The little icons on tags, those are paid right?
It's been a while since I last saw an ad
my score is high so I never see ads. In other SE, I consider the
About the career network of Stack Overflow.
A good job to be an Android Developer in my country.
I only remember ads for other stack exchange sites
love your job develop higher $ work from home
I'm a bad person and will go to the extremes to avoid seeing or
The only ads that really stick out to me are the careers 2.0 one
Some big data companies and some books. Neither interested me of
Don't remember... I never really notice the ads on any of the St
For the life of me, I can't remember seeing ads.
Stack Overflow Careers... and did I see a Windows Azure ad one t
Stack Overflow careers, other Stack Exchange sites
Open source projects, Microsoft, careers
Build master? Telerik? Some cloud thingy.
...now that's a good question...For the most part, I don't remem
The Carees 2.0 ads. The starfish in the beach is purely awesome.
I have enough rep to not see the most invasive ones, and often d
pluralsight, careers 2.0, other stack exchange services, communi
None, although I do remember seeing a cute dog, I think that was
StackExchange itself, mostly. (Questions from other SE sites and
Only remember the jobs available at StackCareers other than thos
none except careers 2.0 although its not of any advertisers
I remember seeing job postings idk. I have enough points such th
I think even without adblock+ I wouldn't remember ads. I just d
Build higher pay with $ sign instead of j
Some thing about jobs, it's the only thing I saw there.
I don't use any ads blocker, because I work in ads industry, but
I honestly don't remember any, I tune them out.
No one. You guys have advertisers in there?
I'm back from a long time off, but Careers 2.0 !
Lots of stack overflow careers, some coding boot camp stuff. My
Wait what ads? I do see job listings but I also use an AdBlocker
JRoller JRunner?? something like that..? Something beginning wit
Careers 2.0 with the cat working from home.
dont pay attention and besides i am behind a firewall that maybe
Careers 2.0, SendGrid (I think), Xamarin (I think)
career 2.0, work from home (when dog is watching the computer)
None. I never used to use an ad blocker. Then Best Western ran a
Careers.StackOverflow, The NYC 311 Hackathon
Other StackExchange sites (Area51, AskUbuntu, etc...)
Careers 2.0, DevExpress, Microsoft, Jetbrains
None - my eyes slide over them without noticing. I couldn't even
Most ad's are adds for SO itself. There are some for new C# or C
Careers, some 3rd party control companies, some cloud companies
Facebook. (I don't remember it correctly :/ )
Don't remember as I don't pay attention to it.
Apptivative and... does Careers 2.0 count?
Adblocker seems to stop most of them. I recall seeing an add for
I see only Careers 2.0, nothing else, thankfully.
The one with the unicorn! Less Accounting, maybe?
Something with cat and bad English talks about codez :-)
Work from home with a dog on it. Everytime I see it I imagine: W
Microsoft, Semantic Merge, Some Database management tools, Caree
I don't use any adblocker, but I still very rarely notice the ad
This field isn't really linked up to the 'Do you use an ad-block
Quite a few for stack exchange careers site.
I use adblock so I don't see any, sorry :/
Sorry, don't remember. I don't block ads (on SE), but I hardly s
I do not use an add blocker but since I have a relatively high r
I only remember and always remember CAREERS 2.0
The one with the html entity which formed a heart.
Careers 2.0 mostly. Something about stenography that was pretty
Only Careers (I'm using AdBlock and I have enough rep for less A
RedGate Cloud Storage Studio, Careers 2.0, Work, From Home, Azur
dont remember -- i dont focus on ads just the content or posts
Now I hope I remember correctly, but I think I remember Trello.
Microsoft, a nice diff merge tool I tried, some oss projects
I can only remember seeing ads for other stackexchange sites (I
careers 2.0. Too many times. Rather see small text ONLY ads of o
My new employer! The Watchmaker Framework - An open source gene
Careers, other than that I never see ads, and I don't use an adb
Just the sponsored tags for Azure, Google Chrome.
i m Android Developer. working exp 2-3 year.
* Heroku * Careers 2.0 (too much of this, actually, this is lik
I never remember seeing any ads are Stack Overflow. I like it t
Really only ads for open source packages.
I don't! It's been a long time since I last saw ads, but at leas
Sorry, I should consider disabling my ad-blocker on Stack Overfl
Hm, one for the Careers page with the cute beagle in front of th
Some Microsoft shop pedding Azure solutions; some vaguely rah-ra
Ads for Stack Exchange sites and Careers
Careers 2.0 dogs and cats at computer = funny/awesome
None. I goes thru one eye and out the other. Oh yeah... there we
My workplace has a STRONG filter. It filters a lot of banner ad
Something about working from home with a picture of a beagle on
StackExchange, 311 contest, RIM/BlackBerry, several software pro
The only ads I see are Careers 2.0 ads , which I'm happy to see.
I really don't notice the adds (and I don't even use an add bloc
Uh.... I must have a severe case of have ad blindness.
None... I never actually noticed there were advertisements. B
That Objective-C IDE�I forget the name, but it's made by the s
none really, tend to mentally tune them out
Open source machine learning project, StackExchange (job ad), St
Can't recall any. I use AdBlock with the allow non-intrusive adv
Other StackExchange sites, Microsoft, Desk.com, Sharepoint
Treehouse, SO careers, the augmented reality library thingy,
Don't remember any specifically, but plenty of IDE add-ons and t
I think I've seen some RedGate software stuff before
&#9825; your job (heart symbol ascii code)
Careers if it is one. That's all, I have around 900 rep so I don
Some dutch companies. Nothing that I remember by name.
Careers 2.0, other Stack Exchange sites...
Open source projects, other se sites, careers se site
To be honest, none. I don't block them but I never pay them any
I don't really remember seeing any ads. I don't use adblock. (we
Careers2.0 only. Using ad blocker but have contemplated on turni
Mainly SO Careers. I think Zyan may have shown up once or twice.
careers 2.0; server hosting services; ad words (to join the prog
The starfish with bling. The dog on the computer.. all the open
Job Postings (I don't think I've seen any other ones)
The geek that looks like he's getting, errm... Helped (read poun
Umm none whatsoever specific. Some local agencies req. coders.
I mostly see and click through to Careers advertisements
None really, seems I have a mental ad blocker.
Apptivate was the Windows8 js app thing, right ? Other than that
I don't see ads on Stack Overflow because I got enough rep
None, sorry; I usually concentrate on the issues and their solut
Windows Azure cloud, and a whole bunch of Stack Exchange job pos
Only really community ads and hot questions. No real advertisers
I don't remember. Ads have not very memorable.
I don't remember ads. I don't use ad blocker I just ignore them.
Honestly I pretty much can't even recall seeing an ad since I ga
Apptivate, SmartBear, some Open Source PDF project
Careers 2.0... I don't see a lot of ads.
The ones whose ads cause errors to show up in my console.
uh... tech advertisers? I don't use an adblocker, but I do ignor
Stack Overflow Careers more Stack Overflow Careers New Relic (
Like most modern citizens, I've evolved a memetic organ that act
* Some open source projects * MS contest * SO self promotion
Technical Blogs and recommended online resources
A job listing for skype. It was relevant and lead to what I thou
None. My focus is on the questions and answers. I have never bot
Open source ads like mongodb and other.. once Stackoverflow ad(
Most of the time careers 2.0 and other stack exchange websites
The Stack Overflow Careers listing is the only one that I ever n
Careers 2.0 and maybe something from RedGate?
None in particular. Internet ADD and all being what it is.
azure, stackoverflow, code help needed for projects ads
Careers 2.0 - Specifically GE Capital and Susco