You’re not allowed bioinformatics anymore by Mick Watson.
Bump this to the head of your polemic reading list! Excellent writing.
To be fair, collaboration with others is a two-way street.
That is both communities in this tale needed to be reaching out to the other on a continuous basis. It isn’t enough that you offered once or twice and were rebuffed so now you will wait them out.
Successful collaborations don’t start with grudges and bad attitudes about prior failures to collaborate.
I know of two organizations that share common members, operate in the same area and despite both being more than a century old, have had only one, brief, collaborative project.
The collaboration fell apart because leadership in both was waiting for the other to call.
It is hard to sustain a collaboration when both parties considered themselves to be the center of the universe. (I have it on good authority neither one of them are the center of the universe.)
I can’t promise fame, professional success, etc., but reaching out and genuinely collaborating with others will advance your field of endeavor. Promise.
Enjoy the story.
I first saw this in a tweet by Neil Saunders.