# Help finding a graphic explaining scientific computing that I have seen here before

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**Author:** ![cmichelenstrofer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cmichelenstrofer/32/44392_2.png) [@cmichelenstrofer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cmichelenstrofer)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-finding-a-graphic-explaining-scientific-computing-that-i-have-seen-here-before/110527/1 "2024-02-21T16:40:07Z")

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There’s this graphic I am pretty sure I saw here (maybe as a link) but I can’t find it now ☹ . Any help is appreciated!

**Description:** It explains what computational scientist (or Research Software Engineer) is. I think it is two bell-shaped curves with computer programmers on one side and domain experts/scientist in the other. And the middle is computer programmers who want to do more applied research work and researchers who want to write better code. Or something like that.

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-finding-a-graphic-explaining-scientific-computing-that-i-have-seen-here-before/110527/2 "2024-02-21T16:42:51Z")

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You are referring to an illustration by @MatthijsCox .

You can find it in the blog below regarding the two culture problem.

> **[The Scientific Coder](https://scientificcoder.com/)**
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> A scientific software developer with over a decade of experience in academia, startups and industry. My mission is to turn you into an elite numerical computing professional.

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**Author:** ![cmichelenstrofer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cmichelenstrofer/32/44392_2.png) [@cmichelenstrofer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cmichelenstrofer)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-finding-a-graphic-explaining-scientific-computing-that-i-have-seen-here-before/110527/3 "2024-02-21T16:44:27Z")

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Thanks! 🙂

Here is the specific blog post: [My Target Audience](https://scientificcoder.com/my-target-audience)