Nice! Of all the things you’ve listed, were any of them the initial actions that inspired some of the others? (e.g. attending EA Global led you to use the Forum more, which led you to apply to jobs)
Charity Entrepreneurship and some other EA orgs post their research to the forum, so I read a lot of that and commented on some of them in preparation for my application to CE last summer, and this might have lead to more longer term engagement. Around when I decided I should quit my full-time earning-to-give job to pursue EA research (taking courses and applying to internships/jobs), I started reading the EA Forum almost daily, and I got much more engaged on the forum when I did actually quit in December.
I was encouraged to apply to CE for this summer, I think based in part on some (hopefully useful) comments I left on their research on the forum, and my meeting with one of their researchers at EA Global.
It’s pretty similar for the other org I’m currently in the interview process for (with EAGx instead of EAG).
I also donated a pretty significant portion of my income in December to EA orgs, and I imagine that was a useful signal of dedication and helped with my chances in getting EA positions. The donations were also informed by all the reading I had done in preparation for applying to EA roles (e.g. I was still skeptical of the impact of corporate campaigns before then). I don’t know if I would have donated less in total if I hadn’t done that reading, though, rather than just to different places.
I’m much more engaged in EA these past ~12 months. In the past ~12 months I
Made my first EA donations
Attended my first EA Global and EAGx
Became (more) active on the EA Forum
Read more EA research
Hung out more with friends I met through the local EA club outside of EA club activities
Applied to EA internships and jobs (wasn’t successful until May)
Am doing a research internship for Charity Entrepreneurship (since May)
Am currently in the interview process for a paid researcher position at an EA org
Nice! Of all the things you’ve listed, were any of them the initial actions that inspired some of the others? (e.g. attending EA Global led you to use the Forum more, which led you to apply to jobs)
Charity Entrepreneurship and some other EA orgs post their research to the forum, so I read a lot of that and commented on some of them in preparation for my application to CE last summer, and this might have lead to more longer term engagement. Around when I decided I should quit my full-time earning-to-give job to pursue EA research (taking courses and applying to internships/jobs), I started reading the EA Forum almost daily, and I got much more engaged on the forum when I did actually quit in December.
I was encouraged to apply to CE for this summer, I think based in part on some (hopefully useful) comments I left on their research on the forum, and my meeting with one of their researchers at EA Global.
It’s pretty similar for the other org I’m currently in the interview process for (with EAGx instead of EAG).
I also donated a pretty significant portion of my income in December to EA orgs, and I imagine that was a useful signal of dedication and helped with my chances in getting EA positions. The donations were also informed by all the reading I had done in preparation for applying to EA roles (e.g. I was still skeptical of the impact of corporate campaigns before then). I don’t know if I would have donated less in total if I hadn’t done that reading, though, rather than just to different places.