An Exploration of the Mentorship Needs of Research Software Engineers
This work tackles mentorship gaps for RSEs, an incremental contribution to professional development in research and software engineering.
The paper addresses the lack of mentorship opportunities for research software engineers (RSEs), proposing organizational strategies to support mentor/mentee relationships in this emerging role.
As a newly designated professional title, research software engineers (RSEs) link the two worlds of software engineering and research science. They lack clear development and training opportunities, particularly in the realm of mentoring. In this paper, we discuss mentorship as it pertains to the unique needs of RSEs and propose ways in which organizations and institutions can support mentor/mentee relationships for RSEs