You have obviously put a lot of thought into this, which I think is super valuable both for deciding your own next steps and for other people in the community to see how it relates to them. I strongly encourage you to apply for 80,000 Hours Advising; I think chatting through these considerations with an advisor would be super useful. Also, it’s free ;) https://80000hours.org/speak-with-us/
My hot take is, at the level of donations you’re considering, your main consideration should be how impactful your actual job is/how impactful the job that you’re pivoting into could be. Seems worth taking a hit on impact done right now if it allows you to become super high impact in the near future.
These are my personal opinion and do not reflect those of my employer.
Thank you for taking a look and for the suggestions! Not saying I’ve tried super hard to talk these through with an advisor but my attempts did not get much attention so far.
Completely agree that one should prioritize long-term impact. I’m just saying that in case of a temporary funding constraint, choosing not to donate may prevent other, at least equally promising candidates who are in need of funding from investing into their own careers.
You have obviously put a lot of thought into this, which I think is super valuable both for deciding your own next steps and for other people in the community to see how it relates to them. I strongly encourage you to apply for 80,000 Hours Advising; I think chatting through these considerations with an advisor would be super useful. Also, it’s free ;) https://80000hours.org/speak-with-us/
My hot take is, at the level of donations you’re considering, your main consideration should be how impactful your actual job is/how impactful the job that you’re pivoting into could be. Seems worth taking a hit on impact done right now if it allows you to become super high impact in the near future.
These are my personal opinion and do not reflect those of my employer.
Thank you for taking a look and for the suggestions! Not saying I’ve tried super hard to talk these through with an advisor but my attempts did not get much attention so far.
Completely agree that one should prioritize long-term impact. I’m just saying that in case of a temporary funding constraint, choosing not to donate may prevent other, at least equally promising candidates who are in need of funding from investing into their own careers.