Research Computing Teams #130, 15 July 2022
Hi! I want to write one more thing about strategy this week before going back into the basics of managing our research computing teams. It turns out I’m...
Research Computing Teams #129, 9 July 2022
Hi! I write a lot here about challenges our teams face, but I don’t think I mention often enough the huge advantage our background in science is in our work...
Research Computing Teams #128, 8 July 2022
I heard a number of answers back about what sorts of service request processes people were using: A lot of software development teams, of course, took bug...
Research Computing Teams #127, 25 June 2022
Before we get started, please answer if you can a question from a reader: What do you use to get and keep track requests for your work from researchers? Is...
Research Computing Teams #126, 18 June 2022
Hi! I write a lot here on the challenges that research computing and data teams face, and the challenges that their managers and leaders face in particular....
Research Computing Teams #125, 11 June 2022
Hi, all! I want to write a little bit more in the coming year about strategy for leaders of research computing and data teams: setting priorities; deciding...
Research Computing Teams #124, 4 June 2022
Hi! I wanted to write more this week about the consequences of research computing teams as vendors, and what that means for strategy - I’ll do that next...
Research Computing Teams #123, 28 May 2022
Hi! My new job, working for a large company that explicitly sells stuff, has indeed been eye-opening — but not in the ways I expected. Mainly I’m confronted...
Research Computing Teams #122, 14 May 2022
Hi! I took part in a hackathon this week, working directly with researchers on improving their code for the first time in — gosh, maybe eight years? Nine?...
Research Computing Teams #121, 7 May 2022
Hi! The (159-item!) intern process checklist from last week generated a few interesting discussions, and those plus Chris Dwan’s interesting talk discussed...
Research Computing Teams #120, 30 Apr 2022
A reader wrote in to ask: We have a new summer intern starting in a few weeks who I will be directly supervising. Although I have been the technical/project...
Research Computing Teams #119, 23 Apr 2022
Hi! I wanted to talk a little bit more about Research Computing and Data (RCD), how it connects to other work, and how that informs how I think about when...
Research Computing Teams #118, 15 Apr 2022
Hi! My discussion last week about when research computing and data work is and isn’t a research output in and of itself produced some replies, as the topic...
Research Computing Teams #117, 9 Apr 2022
Hi! I’ve long tried to describe the sudden disorientation of losing immediate feedback that comes with being a first-time manager. Recently I heard the term...
Research Computing Teams #116, 2 April 2022
“Contact us for pricing”. Say we’re looking at a potential new tool, for us or the team as a whole. When we want to learn about whether it’s feasible as a...
Research Computing Teams #115, 26 Mar 2022
Hi! Well, it finally happened. The time came for something I’ve been dreading since taking a job with a vendor; something which held me back from taking such...
Research Computing Teams #114, 18 Mar 2022
Hi! It’s been pointed out I have my view of the role of specialization in research computing teams seems a bit contradictory. I am very pro-specialization,...
Research Computing Teams #113, 11 Mar 2022
Hi! We now have 200 members of our community; people who care about research computing and data teams, their potential, and the importance of leading them...
Research Computing Teams #112, 5 March 2022
Hi! My current job, like most of my previous jobs, include a lot of people who have worked for a long time in research — either as researchers themselves or...
Research Computing Teams #111, 26 Feb 2022
Hi! I’ve been thinking of jobs a lot lately, of course, for my own reasons and just through the effort of curating the research computing teams leadership...
