One disadvantage of “earning to give” that I don’t recall anyone mentioning: These careers tend to be long hours, giving you less freedom to review and potentially pivot. I think this is a major consideration. I wonder how many people earning to give have a vague feeling that they could probably find something more effective to do with their time, but are struggling to even find the time to stay healthy (sleep, exercise, fulfilling relationships etc), let alone conduct a career review and research, experiment with and apply for other options.
Another consideration for people further into their careers who are contemplating a path change is to think about how easy it would be to return to your current career if the new path doesn’t work out. This is generally pretty obvious to such people, but I thought this might help some people here update their models of how others make and should make career decisions.
One disadvantage of “earning to give” that I don’t recall anyone mentioning: These careers tend to be long hours, giving you less freedom to review and potentially pivot. I think this is a major consideration. I wonder how many people earning to give have a vague feeling that they could probably find something more effective to do with their time, but are struggling to even find the time to stay healthy (sleep, exercise, fulfilling relationships etc), let alone conduct a career review and research, experiment with and apply for other options.
Another consideration for people further into their careers who are contemplating a path change is to think about how easy it would be to return to your current career if the new path doesn’t work out. This is generally pretty obvious to such people, but I thought this might help some people here update their models of how others make and should make career decisions.