Definitely agree that you are onto something here. I was thinking of starting a 40K about a year ago and I have heard others echo the same sentiment, even with the same name (40K) as well. I ended up recently co-founding High Impact Professionals instead, focussed on all EA working professionals, regardless of age. We are trying to get this group to have the most impact they can given their unique resources. One initiative we have in the pipeline is to cross-pollinate the knowledge, skills and experience that e.g. 40Kers have with EA orgs who need them.
Although I do occasionally personally take calls with mid-career EA professionals looking to have more impact, this isn’t a focus of HIP. I think with these calls I can provide value in 1) basic coaching and encouragement and 2) helping the person make connections in the EA community and understand some tenets of EA. In terms of helping them get a specific job, this is often quite difficult as the skillsets are often quite specific and older folk tend to have more constraints (can’t move, require a certain salary, etc).
That being said, I think there is a lot of room for someone to push this initiative forward and that with a solid plan something like a 40K could succeed. There are many EAs in your position and they can use the support!
I am happy to chat more if you are interested, just ping me on the forum and we can set something up.
Hi Devon, it’s great that you had time to respond. I love this initiative! I’ll dive into HIP as soon as I finish my responses.
In terms of constraints—salary level is definitely one of the factors, but not the only one. I can move to the moon and back if needed for the right offer, that’s how mobile I can be. I kind of developed a framework for what I expect from my next job, but companies’ expectations are another story. When you have job, volunteer, have personal duties and obligations it’s hard to even complete the resume, and not to mention career strategy.
I’ll ping you in a moment! Thank you for offering that.
Definitely agree that you are onto something here. I was thinking of starting a 40K about a year ago and I have heard others echo the same sentiment, even with the same name (40K) as well. I ended up recently co-founding High Impact Professionals instead, focussed on all EA working professionals, regardless of age. We are trying to get this group to have the most impact they can given their unique resources. One initiative we have in the pipeline is to cross-pollinate the knowledge, skills and experience that e.g. 40Kers have with EA orgs who need them.
Although I do occasionally personally take calls with mid-career EA professionals looking to have more impact, this isn’t a focus of HIP. I think with these calls I can provide value in 1) basic coaching and encouragement and 2) helping the person make connections in the EA community and understand some tenets of EA. In terms of helping them get a specific job, this is often quite difficult as the skillsets are often quite specific and older folk tend to have more constraints (can’t move, require a certain salary, etc).
That being said, I think there is a lot of room for someone to push this initiative forward and that with a solid plan something like a 40K could succeed. There are many EAs in your position and they can use the support!
I am happy to chat more if you are interested, just ping me on the forum and we can set something up.
Hi Devon, it’s great that you had time to respond. I love this initiative! I’ll dive into HIP as soon as I finish my responses.
In terms of constraints—salary level is definitely one of the factors, but not the only one. I can move to the moon and back if needed for the right offer, that’s how mobile I can be. I kind of developed a framework for what I expect from my next job, but companies’ expectations are another story. When you have job, volunteer, have personal duties and obligations it’s hard to even complete the resume, and not to mention career strategy.
I’ll ping you in a moment! Thank you for offering that.