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142    <h1 id="research-software-engineers">Research Software Engineers</h1>
143<h3 id="what-is-a-research-software-engineer">What is a research software engineer?</h3>
144<p>A growing number of people in academia <strong>combine expertise in programming with an
145intricate understanding of research</strong>. Although this combination of skills is
146extremely valuable, RSEs often lack a formal place in the academic
147system: they may produce fewer first-author papers than a researcher,
148and they may contribute to many papers and not appear as a
149author beyond a minor acknowledgement, if that!
150Their code is less
151formal than a software developers', and career recognition is
152correspondingly low.  The term &quot;Research Software Engineer&quot; is an attempt
153to recognize and promote these people, and the <a href="https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2013-08-23-ten-reasons-be-research-software-engineer">advantages to being a
154RSE are similar to being a
155researcher</a>.
156RSEs will almost always closely work with researchers.</p>
157<p>You can read more about RSEs demographics in the Nordics in <a href="https://github.com/nordic-rse/RSE_intro_survey">our 2018
158survey</a>.</p>
159<h3 id="are-you-a-research-software-engineer">Are you a research software engineer?</h3>
160<p>Most research software engineers don't have that as their job title.  If you answer yes to many of the following
161questions, you are doing the work of a research software engineer:</p>
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163<li>Are you employed to develop software for research?</li>
164<li>Are you spending more time developing software than conducting research?</li>
165<li>Are you employed as a postdoctoral researcher, even though you predominantly work on software development?</li>
166<li>Are you the person who write research software in your research group?</li>
167<li>Are you sometimes not named on research papers despite playing a fundamental part in developing the software used to create them?</li>
168<li>Do you lack the metrics needed to progress your academic career, like papers
169and conference presentations, despite having made a significant contribution
170through software?</li>
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172<p>Content of this page is derived from text originally provided courtesy of the
173<a href="https://society-rse.org/">Society Research Software Engineering in UK</a>.</p>
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