The Carpentries
Incubator and Lab
By Simon Hettrick
21 November 2019 - Ordnance Survey @sjh5000 ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
History
"teaching researchers the computing skills they need to get more done in less time and with less pain"
- since 1998
Use
software
Fundamental to
results
Develop own code
69%
92%
56%
Online courses and books
Attended a course
No training
29%
46%
50%
25%
0%
25%
"Professional"
"Beginner"
Software skills are vital to research
...but often overlooked
Carpentries
2,379 instructors
58,200 learners
Lots of ideas
...not many people
Carpentries
Incubator
Carpentries
Lab
Request for training
Official track
Community track
Carpentries Lab track
https://carpentries.github.io/curriculum-development/the-lesson-life-cycle.html#early-development-pre-alpha-through-alpha