[Beowulf] And where is Beowulf/Cluster discussion activity these days

[Ryan Novosielski]

> On Jan 12, 2026, at 15:11, Kevin Rineer <rineerk at whitman.edu> wrote:
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> > 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.

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