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| author | Littauer, Richard Wilson, Greg Ainali, Jan AlOmar, Eman Abdullah Arabas, Sylwester Saibene, Yanina Bellini Bubendorfer, Kris Champion, Kaylea Dillon, Clare Helske, Jouni Huybrechts, Pieter Katz, Daniel S. Liao, Chang Lippert, David Liu, Fang Marshall, Pierre McCloy, Daniel R. McInerney, Ian Mkaouer, Mohamed Wiem Ojha, Priyanka Treude, Christoph White, Ethan P. |
| author_facet | Littauer, Richard Wilson, Greg Ainali, Jan AlOmar, Eman Abdullah Arabas, Sylwester Saibene, Yanina Bellini Bubendorfer, Kris Champion, Kaylea Dillon, Clare Helske, Jouni Huybrechts, Pieter Katz, Daniel S. Liao, Chang Lippert, David Liu, Fang Marshall, Pierre McCloy, Daniel R. McInerney, Ian Mkaouer, Mohamed Wiem Ojha, Priyanka Treude, Christoph White, Ethan P. |
| contents | Loss of key personnel has always been a risk for research software projects. Key members of the team may have to step away due to illness or burnout, to care for a family member, from a loss of financial support, or because their career is going in a new direction. Today, though, political and financial changes are putting large numbers of researchers out of work simultaneously, potentially leaving large amounts of research software abandoned. This article presents ten tips to help researchers ensure that the software they have built will continue to be usable after they have left their present job -- whether in the course of voluntary career moves or researcher mobility, but particularly in cases of involuntary departure due to political or institutional changes. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | 10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job Littauer, Richard Wilson, Greg Ainali, Jan AlOmar, Eman Abdullah Arabas, Sylwester Saibene, Yanina Bellini Bubendorfer, Kris Champion, Kaylea Dillon, Clare Helske, Jouni Huybrechts, Pieter Katz, Daniel S. Liao, Chang Lippert, David Liu, Fang Marshall, Pierre McCloy, Daniel R. McInerney, Ian Mkaouer, Mohamed Wiem Ojha, Priyanka Treude, Christoph White, Ethan P. Software Engineering Loss of key personnel has always been a risk for research software projects. Key members of the team may have to step away due to illness or burnout, to care for a family member, from a loss of financial support, or because their career is going in a new direction. Today, though, political and financial changes are putting large numbers of researchers out of work simultaneously, potentially leaving large amounts of research software abandoned. This article presents ten tips to help researchers ensure that the software they have built will continue to be usable after they have left their present job -- whether in the course of voluntary career moves or researcher mobility, but particularly in cases of involuntary departure due to political or institutional changes. |
| title | 10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job |
| topic | Software Engineering |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06484 |