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Tooling roles in SWE in every other field are highly regarded. Why not here?
Several of the job boards linked don't have any job listings, most don't provide a salary range, several require advanced degrees, and none specify whether remote work is possible. If I can get a better salary and working conditions at some crappy no-name startup, why would I choose to work at an organization that respects my craft so little they haven't bothered to maintain their software for a decade?
> why would I choose to work at an organization that respects my craft so little they haven't bothered to maintain their software for a decade
This is changing in my experience, albeit slowly. And really, this is what I'm calling on us, as a community, to do better on.
The reason you _would_ work at these organizations is because (1) the subject-matter is really interesting, (2) there are hard problems to be solved, and (3) you wake up every morning knowing that you are working on something that will have an impact on the lives of people around the world.
At least those are my reasons :)
> Often, it's not required to know the domain before you join a group, and they will teach you on the job. I looked. There are zero full-time, remote roles that don't require previous genomics experience at any of the companies listed.
> There is a significant gap between how software is currently developed in this space versus how it should be developed. The vast majority of genomics-related software is not written with speed or reliability in mind. True, but working in academia is very VERY different working in a tech/product company.
Who wants to fix other peoples code mess? This is a no-no if you want to promote a job opening.
Science programming jobs suck. You get all the bad parts of academia, including less money, plus you're seen as a janitor rather than an engineer, and you get to deal with scientists all day. Tooling roles in SWE in every other field are highly regarded. Why not here?
it depends on the role. it worked out really well for me when I got to drop in and do piece work on lots of projects in different fields. working on a larger software development project can be really painful and demoralizing because the people running it don't really understand how the sausage gets made.
Several of the job boards linked don't have any job listings, most don't provide a salary range, several require advanced degrees, and none specify whether remote work is possible. If I can get a better salary and working conditions at some crappy no-name startup, why would I choose to work at an organization that respects my craft so little they haven't bothered to maintain their software for a decade?
I think your phrase here sums up how many people feel: > why would I choose to work at an organization that respects my craft so little they haven't bothered to maintain their software for a decade This is changing in my experience, albeit slowly. And really, this is what I'm calling on us, as a community, to do better on. The reason you _would_ work at these organizations is because (1) the subject-matter is really…
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But this shit is so dumb.
Several of the job boards linked don't have any job listings, most don't provide a salary range, several require advanced degrees, and none specify whether remote work is possible. If I can get a better salary and working conditions at some crappy no-name startup, why would I choose to work at an organization that respects my craft so little they haven't bothered to maintain their software for a decade?
High potential areas like genomics that are behind on software are amazing places for talented software people with a givig attitude to have a big positive impact.