MSR Human And Well Being: The Next Generation of Software Developers
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The document discusses the evolution of software developers, focusing on the emergence of open source software (OSS) for social good, which seeks to address societal issues through community-targeted projects. It explores challenges faced by contributors in this realm, highlighting the importance of social and spatial impact in project selection, as well as the difficulties newcomers face in joining OSS projects. The document emphasizes the potential for mining software repositories to improve developer safety and engagement within communities, raising questions on how to enhance their experiences and contributions.
![OSS4SGRESULTS:PROXIMITYOFIMPACT
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TABLE V: The responses to the question “Assume you only
have time to work on one project, please choose the one
from each of the three pairs below” (Q21). The three pairs of
projects are based on the scale of impact in terms of spatial,
temporal and social proximity.
Project Selection Based on Scale of Impact
Percentage
(n=404)
SPATIAL PROXIMITY
A: A project that is needed globally
(e.g., tracking pandemic issues like COVID19) 65.8%
B: A project that is needed only in my local area
(e.g., tracking local health issue)
34.2%
TEMPORAL PROXIMITY
A: A project that is beneficial in the long term
(e.g., monitor global warming)
57.7%
B: A project that is beneficial now
(e.g., monitor a recent flood disaster)
42.3%
SOCIAL PROXIMITY
A: A project that a stranger needs
(e.g., monitoring system for a health issue that
does not affect my family)
31.9%
B: A project that someone I know personally needs
(e.g., diabetes tracker my family, friend or myself
can use)
68.1%
“I sometimes get told by them that I’m speaking maybe on
a too technical of level.” (P14)
2) Survey: In our survey, we grouped and refined all the
observations on challenges in OSS4SG in the interviews,
and then combined with challenges in OSS from previous
studies [17]. Finally we designed 10 challenge statements. We
asked P-OSS4SG+ (i.e., with actual OSS4SG experience) to
rate how much they agreed on each challenge in OSS4SG, and
asked P-OSS+ to rate the agreement on each challenge based
on their experience in OSS. Each challenge statement is a five-
point Likert scale question: “Strongly Disagree”, “Disagree”,
“Neither Agree nor Disagree”, “Agree”, and “Strongly Agree”.
Table VI list the accumulated percentages of “Agree” and
“Strongly Agree” for each challenge in OSS4SG and OSS re-
spectively. This table rank all the challenges by the agreement
percentage of OSS4SG.
From Table VI, for both OSS4SG and OSS, “It is hard
for newcomers to understand how to contribute to the project.
(C1)” is reported to be the most challenging factor. OSS4SG
contributors reported a higher rate on “not knowing where to
find good projects to work on (C3)” (Delta = 12.9%), which
quantitatively verified the observations in the interviews. With
a significant difference on agreement, OSS4SG contributors
face less challenges with unreasonable feature requests (C9)
OSS4SG contributors more thoroughly
investigate the owners of projects; tend to
prioritize projects that meet global needs, have
longterm benefits, and benefit their personal
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MSR Human And Well Being: The Next Generation of Software Developers
- 1. THENEXTGENERATIONOF SOFTWAREDEVELOPERS Denae Ford Robinson Microsoft Research MSR 2022 @DENAEFORDROBIN
- 2. When I think of MSR, I think… 2
- 3. SUPERPOWERSOFMSRCOMMUNITY 3 Identifying approaches to intersect data sources Being able to conduct deep dives into data and report insightful observations Providing methodologies and data sets that the broader research community can use Doing all of these things at scale
- 7. OSS FOR SOCIAL GOOD: Open source software projects where the outcome distinctly targets a community of people to overcome a societal issue. 7 DEVELOPERSUSINGTHEIRSKILLSTOHELPOTHERS Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Thomas Zimmermann. Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good. To Appear at International Conferences on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2021. May 2021. http://aka.ms/oss4sg
- 8. OSS FOR SOCIAL GOOD: Open source software projects where the outcome distinctly targets a community of people to overcome a societal issue. 7 DEVELOPERSUSINGTHEIRSKILLSTOHELPOTHERS Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Thomas Zimmermann. Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good. To Appear at International Conferences on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2021. May 2021. http://aka.ms/oss4sg
- 9. OSS4SGRESULTS:PROXIMITYOFIMPACT 8 TABLE V: The responses to the question “Assume you only have time to work on one project, please choose the one from each of the three pairs below” (Q21). The three pairs of projects are based on the scale of impact in terms of spatial, temporal and social proximity. Project Selection Based on Scale of Impact Percentage (n=404) SPATIAL PROXIMITY A: A project that is needed globally (e.g., tracking pandemic issues like COVID19) 65.8% B: A project that is needed only in my local area (e.g., tracking local health issue) 34.2% TEMPORAL PROXIMITY A: A project that is beneficial in the long term (e.g., monitor global warming) 57.7% B: A project that is beneficial now (e.g., monitor a recent flood disaster) 42.3% SOCIAL PROXIMITY A: A project that a stranger needs (e.g., monitoring system for a health issue that does not affect my family) 31.9% B: A project that someone I know personally needs (e.g., diabetes tracker my family, friend or myself can use) 68.1% “I sometimes get told by them that I’m speaking maybe on a too technical of level.” (P14) 2) Survey: In our survey, we grouped and refined all the observations on challenges in OSS4SG in the interviews, and then combined with challenges in OSS from previous studies [17]. Finally we designed 10 challenge statements. We asked P-OSS4SG+ (i.e., with actual OSS4SG experience) to rate how much they agreed on each challenge in OSS4SG, and asked P-OSS+ to rate the agreement on each challenge based on their experience in OSS. Each challenge statement is a five- point Likert scale question: “Strongly Disagree”, “Disagree”, “Neither Agree nor Disagree”, “Agree”, and “Strongly Agree”. Table VI list the accumulated percentages of “Agree” and “Strongly Agree” for each challenge in OSS4SG and OSS re- spectively. This table rank all the challenges by the agreement percentage of OSS4SG. From Table VI, for both OSS4SG and OSS, “It is hard for newcomers to understand how to contribute to the project. (C1)” is reported to be the most challenging factor. OSS4SG contributors reported a higher rate on “not knowing where to find good projects to work on (C3)” (Delta = 12.9%), which quantitatively verified the observations in the interviews. With a significant difference on agreement, OSS4SG contributors face less challenges with unreasonable feature requests (C9) OSS4SG contributors more thoroughly investigate the owners of projects; tend to prioritize projects that meet global needs, have longterm benefits, and benefit their personal connections.
- 11. NEWDATASOURCES+APPROACHESTOMININGSOFTWAREREPOS 10 Where else are developers communicating about their experiences or well being? How can we partner with developer communities/orgs in a meaningful way? What are challenges in the developer community that the MSR community already has the tools to answer?
- 12. NEWDATASOURCES+APPROACHESTOMININGSOFTWAREREPOS 10 Where else are developers communicating about their experiences or well being? How can we partner with developer communities/orgs in a meaningful way? What are challenges in the developer community that the MSR community already has the tools to answer?
- 13. OPPORTUNITIES 11
- 14. OPPORTUNITIES 11 Mining for user-safety and safety of software builders
- 15. OPPORTUNITIES 11 Mining for user-safety and safety of software builders
- 16. OPPORTUNITIES 11 Mining for user-safety and safety of software builders 🚩🚩🚩 +
- 17. OPPORTUNITIES 11 Mining for user-safety and safety of software builders 🚩🚩🚩 + False Positive ‘Welcoming’ Community
- 18. POTENTIALRESEARCHQUESTIONS 12 How do we keep developers in online communities feeling safe? How does developer psychological safety impact their productivity? What are the most robust data sources for triangulating developer safety?
- 22. AVISIONFORTHEMSRCOMMUNITY How do we make sure we’re making meaningful use out of the repositories we’re mining? *How are we truly engaging the broader developer community when we’re conducting analysis? Challenge: What are we doing to turn our insights from mining into powerful and digestible resources for the broader community (not just for other researchers)? DENAE@MICROSOFT.COM 14 @DENAEFORDROBIN SAINT Software Analysis and INTelligence Engineering Systems SAINTES