The aim of this study was to investigate if participants of Software
Carpentry (SC) get more done in less time. We asked 32 questions to assess 24
former participants to analyse if SC gave them the computing skills to
accomplish this. Our research shows that time was already saved during the
workshop as it could shorten the learning process of new skills. A majority of
participants were able to use these new skills straight away and thus could
speed up their day to day work.