What do we know about RSEs?
By Simon Hettrick and Alys Brett
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The RSE community is growing quickly
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...we're distributed, nationally...
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...and internationally
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To represent the community, we need to know more about it
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2016: first survey of UK RSEs
- 335 responses
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2017: second survey of UK RSEs
- 253 responses
- https://goo.gl/t9dGgq
Thanks to Alys for presenting!
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Where are
RSEs from?
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What do
RSEs do?
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How do RSEs
work?
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Demographics
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0.4%
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What can we say
about RSEs?
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You work in more than one discipline
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You work with a range of languages
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You mainly write code for others
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You contribute to publications... but aren't always acknowledged
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You're likely to train researchers
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You're likely to work as the sole software developer
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You probably know Python
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There's much more
- We're running surveys in Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa and other countries soon
- We're looking for collaborators who want to help with the analysis
- Anyone with an interest in studying communities and an ability with Python (i.e. most RSEs!)
- Contact: s.hettrick@software.ac.uk
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