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My name is Bob Gajarsky. I am a graduate level management student,
and am conducting a survey for one of my classes. It would greatly help my
studies if you could take a few minutes and complete the following survey.
All results will be kept completely confidential, and your e-mail addresses
will not be seen by anyone but me.
Also, I am only looking for complete surveys from people who are
actually out in the workplace as computer programmers, as opposed to those
(like me) who are students. Additionally, I would request that only people
who work in the United States reply to this. Thank you in advance for your
responses.
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What city is your place of work? -
(OPTIONAL) What company do you work at? -
How many years of programming experience do you have?
How many years of post-high school education have you had?
How many computer languages do you know?
If you program in any of the following languages, please check it:
Ada APL Cobol
C C++ Fortran
Lisp Pascal
How many software packages do you know how to use (ie. Lotus, MS-Works, etc.)
1-2 3-5 6-8
9-10 over 10
Do you know any databases? (Y/N)
If so, which ones?
On the average, how many hours does it take you to learn a application (ie.
Word Processor, Graphics Package, etc.)?
How do you prefer to learn new applications? More than one may be checked:
Tutorials
Videos
Self-Instruction
Other _________________________
Do you personally have a VCR? (Y/N)
Does your workplace have a VCR? (Y/N)
Have you ever used a video to learn an application before? (Y/N)
If so, how would you rate it?
(10 is an excellent experience, 1 is an awful experience)
Based on your past experiences, would you be receptive to learning
another application via video?
(10 is very receptive; 1 is not receptive at all)
If not, how receptive would you be to learning a application via video?
(10 is very receptive; 1 is not receptive at all)
How many hours of video would you be able to successfully watch for
a specific application?
How much would you or your company pay for the following:
A) A 15 hour video that teaches how to generally work with databases,
program in them, and utilize them. (Between 40$ and 150$)
B) A 3 hour video that teaches a specific database, (Oracle, etc.)
(Between 15$ and 75$).
C) A packaged of both (A) and (B).
(Between 50$ and 225$).
Which systems do you have a familiarity with?
VAX/VMS UNIX
Macintosh IBM Compatible
Other
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Thanks! - Bob Gajarsky