That was kind of my point. What skilled programmers do to find work is one thing, what scientists, who just need some help for a short project, do to find peopl

That was kind of my point. What skilled programmers do to find work is one thing, what scientists, who just need some help for a short project, do to find people is another. Assuming you are a programmer who wants to do work for scientists for some reason, you need to go where they are - they won't find you in your regular tech recruiting circles, which tend to be all about full time jobs. I happen to like doing some work for scientists so that my career isn't entirely about making private equity companies richer, but I don't expect them to pay my enterprise rates or find me on Linked In.