Resources

These are a few of my favorite articles and talks on open source leadership, career pathways, data science practices and collaboration, and data science training I’ve been involved with.

Open source and data science leadership

• Managing an open source project workshop. posit::conf(2023).

• It’s not just code: managing an open source project (video). PyData Seattle 2023.

• Managing open source projects and ecosystems (podcast). Women in Analytics After Hours podcast Episode 2.

• Open Source Developer Relations Team Handbook Template. This is a work-in-progress, based on work with the tidyverse team.

• How to give a lightning talk. Speaking is a part of leading! And lightning talks are the best talks. :)

• Package name balderdash. OK, this isn’t a leadership thing, but a fun game to play with a team.

Career Pathways

• Panel discussion: Growth and Data Science: Individuals, leaders, organizations and responsibilities (video). rstudio::conf(2019).

Publications

data.org pathways to impact interview	Perry Hewitt, 09 March 2023
An interview with UC Berkeley QB3 Professional in Residence Tracy Teal: harnessing community to support scientific research	Jonathan Liu, 01 March 2021

Data science practices and collaboration

Publications

Ten simple rules to cultivate transdisciplinary collaboration in data science	F Sahneh et al, 2021
Good enough practices in scientific computing	Wilson et al, 2017
Computing workflows for biologists: a roadmap	A Shade & TK Teal, 2015
11 ways to avert a data-storage disaster	by Jeffrey Perkel, 1 April 2019 Nature
When it comes to reproducible science, Git is code for success	by Jeffrey Perkel, 11 June 2018 Nature
Six tips for better spreadsheets	by Jeffrey Perkel, 2 August 2022 Nature (paywall)
Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review,	AM Smith et al, 2018

Data Science Training

• Inclusive pedagogy to support computational teaching (video). PyCon 2019.

• An introduction to workshop introductions. Some tips and tricks for how to start your workshop.

Publications

Optimizing Short-format Training: an International Consensus on Effective, Inclusive, and Career-spanning Professional Development in the Life Sciences and Beyond	JJ Williams et al, 2023
OECD Report: Building digital workforce capacity and skills for data-intensive science	M Barker et al, 2020
Short-format workshops build skills and confidence for researchers to work with data	KL Jordan et al, 2018
Data carpentry: workshops to increase data literacy for researchers	Teal et al, 2015
Skills and knowledge for data-intensive environmental research	SE Hampton et al, 2017
Data Science Drivers: A Report on the National Library of Medicine Workshop	M Zaringhalam et al, 2018
A vision for collaborative training infrastructure for bioinformatics	JJ Williams & TK Teal, 2016
Strategies for building computing skills to support microbiome analysis: a five-year perspective from the EDAMAME workshop	A Shade et al, 2019
Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review	AM Smith et al, 2018
Optimizing Short-format Training: an International Consensus on Effective, Inclusive, and Career-spanning Professional Development in the Life Sciences and Beyond	JJ Williams et al, 2023
Short-format workshops build skills and confidence for researchers to work with data	KL Jordan et al, 2018
Data carpentry: workshops to increase data literacy for researchers	Teal et al, 2015
Skills and knowledge for data-intensive environmental research	SE Hampton et al, 2017
Data Science Drivers: A Report on the National Library of Medicine Workshop	M Zaringhalam et al, 2018
A vision for collaborative training infrastructure for bioinformatics	JJ Williams & TK Teal, 2016
Strategies for building computing skills to support microbiome analysis: a five-year perspective from the EDAMAME workshop	A Shade et al, 2019