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Look, I did this at multiple places for a number of years. The issue is that you often form an adversarial relationship with the scientists. They don't really w
by metalforever 4y ago
Look, I did this at multiple places for a number of years. The issue is that you often form an adversarial relationship with the scientists. They don't really want you there. They are perfectly happy just organizing everything by hand with post its and excel spreadsheets. They do not want you to mess with their flow with your software, even if it would help them to be more efficient.
- boppo1 4y agoCan you elaborate with some anecdotes? Why is their current workflow wrong? Why would an organization hire someone to build software if they can achieve goals with spreadsheets?
- myaccount9786 4y agoWhy indeed.
- maximus-decimus 4y agoThe fact they renamed human genes because they were importing it in Excel in a way it thought they were dates and was changing them says a lot. Can you really trust the scientific results if they depend on software made by people who don't care about code quality?
- boppo1 4y ago>renamed human genes because they were importing it in Excel in a way it thought they were dates Just at your shop, or the field in general?