When you ask developers directly for their opinions, you’ll likely get a filtered version of the truth. But to find out what they’re really thinking, you can’t just grab someone in the hallway. One effective tool for gathering developer feedback is a regular developer experience survey. This report describes the steps to take before launching a survey, supplies sample questions for potential inclusion, and explains how you should act after collecting results. It also identifies several pitfalls that trip up even well-intentioned survey builders. Use this report and the associated worksheet to build your own developer experience survey.