My girlfriend and I had nearly the same experience - going through neuroscience programs, working in labs, and ending up in software development. Scientists ge

My girlfriend and I had nearly the same experience - going through neuroscience programs, working in labs, and ending up in software development. Scientists generally do not appreciate their software-based tools and workflows, and see writing software akin to writing short papers or presentations - they aren't built to be reused or improved, just "turned in" when done. It's very hard to build complex, improving systems in this manner. It will take a long time before what appears to be common-sense in software will be taken seriously by neuroscience.