Reasons for choosing a career in open source worldwide 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 11, 2024
Over half of all global open source professionals surveyed in 2022 suggest that their two main reasons for choosing their career was because open source runs most of modern day technology infrastructure and they are passionate about open source.

Reasons why professionals worldwide choose careers in open source as of 2022

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June 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 2022

Number of respondents

559 respondents

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Open source professionals

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