A not-so-brief history of Research Software Engineers

On a beautifully sunny day in March 2012, a small group met at Queen's College Oxford and challenged a long-standing problem: why is there no career for software developers in academia? They didn't know it at the time, but this meeting led to a nationwide campaign that created a vibrant and rapidly growing community, and established a new role in research: the Research Software Engineer.

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