@clacke @n8 @liw @mlinksva But yes, this is 100% essential to solving this: building a sustainable base of skills within the institution instead of always employing research software engineers on soft money fixed-term contracts and throwing their expertise away every 2-3 years.
Changing the research culture as suggested is the other part of the equation. So many researchers hate admitting that they are anything less than expert in anything they do.