Re: [Rfced-future] Model proposal

[Adam Roach <[e-mail]>]

On 7/6/2020 11:18 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
> separation of operational duties from the strategic allows us to properly scale the resources we dedicate to each task.  As operational matters dominate, then finding a lightweight process for managing strategy is best.


While we're on that topic: a huge portion of what makes the search for a 
single human to fill the currently-defined RSE role so incredibly 
difficult is the constraint of finding a unicorn who can do both 
operational and strategic tasks competently. The skill overlap between 
"library scientist" and "project manager" is pretty small, and we would 
have an infinitely easier time finding one of each rather than searching 
the earth for the extraordinarily rare people who can do both.

I think we need to design a model that explicitly separates these two 
different tasks to multiple responsible parties.

/a