From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2009-11-10T23:30:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Programmers motivation: academic research

On Nov 10, 2009, at 1:58 AM, Mark Pith wrote:

> Dear Ruby community,
> 
> We are researching the motivation factors of Open Source software
> programmers and would like to ask your cooperation in our large-scale
> research.

> Please follow the link to the online survey.

I took the survey, but this was my final comment:

This questionnaire is very repetitive.  Questions like "Will working on this project get me a better job?" or "Does working on this project increase my reputation?" are asked many different times in almost the exact same way.

It would probably be less of a commitment, and as such more programmers would be willing to answer, if you could eliminate the repetition.

James Edward Gray II