I also prefer mailing lists over Slack etc, but [shrug] it is what it is. FWIW, the two Slack instances I've found best for HPC are associated with:
* SIGHPC-SYSPROS: https://sighpc-syspros.org/ * HPC.social: https://hpc.social/ On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM Ryan Novosielski via Beowulf < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2026, at 15:11, Kevin Rineer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > am I the only one who is completely stretched beyond what is healthy, > or do it wrong? > > > > Jörg, I suspect not! > > > > I'm not going to complain too much on a public mailing list, but this is > one of my many responsibilities that I didn't start with in my JD. I know > that's how many started with Linux clustering, but I still have to do the > remaining 100% of my JD. > > > > Experience is indeed giving me more time within the week, but the > expanding responsibility list is growing faster than my gains in efficiency. > > A partial oversimplification perhaps — especially depending on your > jurisdiction — but to some extent, one becomes stretched to the point they > allow themselves to be stretched, or choose to be stretched if it’s > self-inflicted because there are just so many interesting things to do. > > That is one of the reasons I'm wouldn’t be incredibly interested in taking > a non-union IT position, even for more money. One could potentially > substitute the specialized nature of most of our work for having that > protection (or having the more money), but I’d rather not. > > I have at times been told I’m inflexible on one thing or another regarding > how far I will allow myself to be stretched, but I think boundaries are > important. > > -- > #BlackLivesMatter > ____ > || \\UTGERS, |---------------------------*O*--------------------------- > ||_// the State | Ryan Novosielski (he/him) - [email protected] > || \\ University | Sr. Technologist - 973/972.0922 (2x0922) ~*~ RBHS Campus > || \\ of NJ | Office of Advanced Research Computing - MSB A555B, > Newark > `' > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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