James Byrne
inconsistentrecords.co.uk/now
I really enjoyed a recent quote I heard from Robert MacFarlane: "Despair is a luxury and hope is a discipline." Not my own epiphany, but worth mulling over whenever times get tough.
Location:
Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Professional title:
Principal Software Engineer at British Antarctic Survey
What do you do?
I help environmental researchers, primarily in the polar regions, leverage digital infrastructure big and small!
Why?
I really enjoy the variety of software and systems that are required to make science happen. It's wonderful to work across numerous scientific domains, trying to make technology consistent yet adaptable.
What should we read?
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff