A Visualization of Patterns and Themes in RCD Professional Career Paths (Poster Image)

Research Computing and Data (RCD) professionals play a crucial role in supporting and advancing research that involves data and/or computing, however, the potential career paths for RCD professionals are poorly understood making it difficult to find, hire, and retain these essential roles. Many potential RCD professionals are unaware of these roles and how their skills and experience map to RCD roles, and current RCD staff lack resources to create a professional development plan. The CaRCC RCD Career Arcs working group conducted a series of interviews to more deeply explore career choices, influences, and factors that help shape RCD career paths. This poster is the result of our efforts to capture what we learned in a (relatively) simple graphical form.

[Accepted in PEARC25 Posters and VIsualizations track. See https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3708035.3736028 for the ACM record.]