I work in high-performance and scientific computing. Mostly I'm a sysadmin and cluster builder, but I also do a bit of related software development, and I often

I work in high-performance and scientific computing. Mostly I'm a sysadmin and cluster builder, but I also do a bit of related software development, and I often have to help debug issues with user code running on my clusters. In terms of background, I started off in physics and gradually drifted into HPC. From the number of ex-physicists I meet, this does not seem to have been a unique experience...