Well, then science needs to do more to create an environment where software engineers would want to be an RSE.
From my experience "science" does not appreciate RSEs, the compensation is bad, the freedom is bad, and you get all of the big company bureaucracy from the University.
It's just a bad environment and to top it off, even if you have a PhD many will see you as "less than."
From my experience "science" does not appreciate RSEs, the compensation is bad, the freedom is bad, and you get all of the big company bureaucracy from the University.
It's just a bad environment and to top it off, even if you have a PhD many will see you as "less than."