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+title: Insights from the OpenTelemetry Getting Started Survey
+linkTitle: OpenTelemetry Getting Started Survey
+date: 2024-06-11
+author: '[Ana Margarita Medina](https://github.com/AnaMMedina21) (ServiceNow)'
+issue: 4662
+sig: End User SIG
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+Getting started with new technologies can be hard, which is why we try to meet our end-users where they are. As a part of that goal, we (the OpenTelemetry End-User SIG) recently surveyed the community to find out how we can best help our users get started with OpenTelemetry. The 104 responses we received will help drive improvements in enablement content from the community as well as vendors. 
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+Check out the results!
+
+
+## Key Takeaways
+* No matter their level of OTel experience, folks would like to see the following:
+    * #1 Comprehensive documentation (67.3% of respondents)
+    * #2 Reference implementations for instrumentation (65.3% of respondents)
+    * #3 Detailed tutorials (63.4% of respondents)
+* Respondents are mostly working with containers, with 79.8% of respondents using Kubernetes and 63.5% of respondents using Docker
+* Over 83% of respondents stated that the Traces Specification, Instrumentation APIs & SDKs, and Metrics Specification were the most important in their OTel journey.
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+
+## Detailed insights
+### Q: What technologies are you using when setting up your observability journey? 
+
+Out of 104 respondents: Respondents are mostly working with containers, with 79.8% of respondents using Kubernetes and 63.5% of respondents using Docker
+
+![Chart showing what technologies are being used](1GettingStartedSurvey_technologies_using.png)
+
+### Q: Where in your Observability journey is your organization?
+
+Out of 104 respondents:
+* 25% were beginners and they are learning about observability or have used monitoring tools
+* 49% were intermediates and were setting up observability practice 
+* 26% were experts and have a well-established observability practice
+
+![Chart showing where in their observability journey they are](2GettingStartedSurvey_level.png)
+
+### Q: What languages are you using in your organization?
+
+JavaScript, Java, Go, and Python are the most widely used languages, they are being utilized by over 50% of the respondents.
+
+Other languages used included Scala, Typescript, Erlang/Elixir, Perl, R, Lua, Matlab, Julia, Haskell, COBOL, Kotlin, and SAS.
+
+![Chart showing what languages are being used](3GettingStartedSurvey_language.png)
+
+### Q: What resources do you wish you had when getting started with OpenTelemetry?
+
+Depending on where in their observability journey they prefer different resources: 
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+
+* Those who are learning about observability and those who are setting up an observability practice want comprehensive documentation and detailed tutorials and videos. 
+* Those who have a well-established observability practice prefer reference implementations for instrumentation as well as comprehensive documentation. 
+
+![Chart showing what resources folks want](4GettingStartedSurvey_resources.png)
+
+
+### Q: What part of the project is most important to you in your OTel journey?
+
+Most respondents stated that Traces Specification, Instrumentation APIs & SDKs and Metrics Specification were considered the most important.
+
+
+![Chart showing what aspects are the most important](5GettingStartedSurvey_part_importand.png)
+
+
+
+## Keep in touch
+
+Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey! We rely on your feedback to help guide the future development of OpenTelemetry and to ensure it continues to meet your evolving needs. We will post upcoming surveys in the following avenues:
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+
+
+* [#otel-sig-end-user Slack channel](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C01RT3MSWGZ) – you can also reach out to us here!
+* [End user resources page](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/)