I'm giving an invited talk at APS March Meeting next week about the importance of software for progressing science. I have deep personal experiences, but I'd love to hear from this community!
Have you worked on scientific software? What was your experience? What went well? What went sideways? What advice do you have for others trying to make an impact?
On a whole I think this is a good thing as there's less vendor lock-in and ultimately a smaller gap between the science software being developed and consumer/end-user software. This has also proven to help with collaboration between research and industry.