46% of all respondents spend more than 30 minutes a day answering questions.63% of all respondents spend more than 30 minutes a day searching for answers or solutions to problems, with 25% spending more than an hour each day.For people managers, often the more experienced developers, 73% report encountering a knowledge silo at least once per week.68% of respondents encounter a knowledge silo at least once per week.

This results in lost time that could be spent learning or building, regardless of role or seniority. The major causes for this time lost include coming up against knowledge silos, searching for answers and answering questions from other team members.

The findings comes from Stack Overflow’s 2022 Developer Survey, based on responses from 73,268 developers and engineers across the globe, which reveals a critical need for optimised knowledge-sharing and collaboration across businesses. A new global study has revealed that most professional developers are experiencing some level of decreased productivity every week, which is costing significant time, with teams of 50 losing on average of 492 hours weekly, climbing to 651 hours for others.

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