1.What best describes your current professional status?

I work in the software industry

I work in a different industry, but my job involves creating or maintaining software

My job does not involve creating software at the moment - but I aim to switch to a software-related job later

I am attending a school, university or training class with the goal of working in the software industry later

I do not work in the software industry, and do not plan to in the future, but want to understand more about software development

2.What job do you currently do?

Software Developer / Software Engineer / Programmer

Project Manager

Engineering Manager

Scrum Master

Product Manager

Product Owner

UI / UX / Designer

Customer Support

Marketing 

System administration / SRE / DevOps

Something else - please specify

3.What are your main professional goals for the next 1 - 2 years?

Improve my existing technical skills, gain more experience and a deeper understanding

Update my technical skills, learn more modern technologies

Broaden my skillset, learn new skills that complement what I am currently doing

Get promoted to a new level / job title

Get a raise, make more money

Become better at working with my boss, and understanding the business side of the company

Switch to a more famous or more prestigious company

Become a manager

Improve my work/life balance, reduce stress (e.g. overtime, on-call hours, long commute)

I'm having fun where I am, so basically plan to continue doing what I am doing now

4.Why do you listen to the "Ask an engineering manager" podcast?

I am early in my career in software, and want to know more about how software teams and companies really work

I want to improve my technical skills (e.g. which technologies are important)

I want to improve my business skills (e.g. how to do a good job that is valuable to the company)

I am a manager myself, and want to see other's opinions about how to handle management topics

Just for fun, to entertain myself while doing something else

I sent a question to askanengineeringmanager@gmail.com , and want to see it answered

Other reasons (please specify)

5.Where do you listen to podcasts? (select all options you use frequently)

Apple podcasts app 

Google podcasts app 

Spotify 

Youtube

Soundcloud

On the podcast's website

On the website of a podcast search engine (e.g. listennotes.com)

a different podcast player app (e.g. Overcast, Pocketcasts, Castro, PodcastAddict etc) - please state the name of the app you use

6.How did you discover this podcast?

I was searching for a podcast just like this

I was searching for a specific topic or answer, and an episode came up in the results

My podcast app recommended it to me

A friend told me about it

I saw an ad for it

Some other way (please specify)

7.Where do you live? (Country and city)

8.Which questions would you like the podcast to answer? Which topics are most interesting to you?