2020-10-15-nick-may.md

layout	title	author	rse	phenotype	excerpt	date	external_media	length	duration	explicit	resources
post	I learnt how I should have done things	@pweschmidt	Nick May		When Nick left the private sector and went back to university to get his degree in computer science he found that he 'learnt how he should've done things' all along. Being back in academia Nick got himself involved in building the RSE community in Australia and New Zealand.	2020-10-15 01:30:00 -0700	https://us-rse.org/rse-stories-episodes-1/2020/rse-stories-nick-may-episode-38.mp3	9372025	00:19:30	no	name url RSE Association Australia and New Zealand https://rse-aunz.github.io name url RSE AusNZ Twitter https://twitter.com/rse_aunz name url Nick's Twitter https://twitter.com/eresengineer

For this episode we go (virtually) to Australia to meet with Nick May. Nick spent a long time in the private sector working for a wide range of different companies - large and small. At some stage he decided to go back to university to get a degree in computer science. "I learnt how I should have done things" he says. Not content with that, he joined the growing community of RSEs in Australia and New Zealand. Today, Nick is the secretary of the RSE Association of Australia and New Zealand and helping to expand this community further. Oh, and ask him about bread-baking! Nick grows and cultivates his own sourdough.