"You can't punch your past self"
On my way back ...
I think, such a retreat / hackathon is needed more often. Particularly in my home country, Germany. The RSE landscape is shifting, becomes more divers and flourishes. Still, compared to our colleagues in the Netherlands, I dare say, such retreat/hackathons are really needed everywhere (my fellow Germans and me are just more and less active as a community). So, kudos to @meliimming and others for organizing and inviting me!
We just had 3 days. And I learned A LOT. Just need to sort things a bit into my mental buckets for technical issues, teaching, organizing, potential grant applications ...
Also, for just three days it is a long distance by train. And still worth leaving the daily rat race for a while! This should not be undervalued: A lot of colleagues are working on the edge of burnout, incl. me sometimes.



