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RCT Job Definition Worksheet: Letter, A4 - Research Computing Teams One huge difference between our work and that of (say) IT or large tech firms is that figuring out what the job is even supposed to be takes some doing. Our teams aren’t large or static enough to have pre-existing cookie cutter roles requiring previously documented skill sets. (Startups are more like us this way.) The work is fluid. Each hire, each job, is a bit of a one-off, a bit bespoke. Another point: hiring...
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Hire Good Writers, ”Getting Real”, Basecamp A short, thought provoking section from an interesting write up on building web applications by Basecamp. “If you are trying to decide between a few people to fill a position, always hire the better writer…. Good writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand. They can put themselves in someone elses’ shoes. They know what to omit. They think clearly. And those are qualities you need.” Breaking ties when hiring is genuinely hard, and I’m going to take...
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Research Software Engineers - Job Descriptions - Aalto Scientific Computing Group The Scientific Computing group of Aalto University has text for their job descriptions of a simple three-step (RSE1, RSE2, RSE3) progression for software development in their institution. It’s not a formally recognized ladder by HR yet but it guides their hiring decisions. The whole thing is just a few paragraphs long, but it’s very clear and is a lot more than most institutions have. The other internal documents they have on the page are...
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Increase your hiring success with job success profiles - Rod Begbie, LeadDev This sounds like how hiring works at most of the research computing teams I’ve seen: I’d seen enough job postings in my life to know you just had to come up with some qualifications (‘BS or equivalent in Computer Science’, ‘5+ years experience with Python’, maybe even a cheeky ‘Ability to work both independently and as part of a team’), throw them into a bulleted list, and start picking the best candidates from...
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