Oh my, thank you so much for your voice, you’ve outlined the problem very nicely!
Yes, exactly. I volunteer in my local/country - EA PL—within my field of expertise which is UX design. I redesigned our website, and I help with user or even marketing research—but honestly—I can do so much more good with my money donation and climbing the ladder in my profession. I just feel it in my bones—as un-scientifically as it sounds. I even came to the point where I ask myself questions like “Do I volunteer there to actually make any impact, or is it just for me feeling good about doing something”. And usually I don’t like the answer that pops in my head, because I don’t want to abandon my community. But I have only one life, and I want to make the best of it.
So If I can’t/wont change a career I’m happy to accept ETG as my only option, but how to increase impact there? There are so many possible steps, and I have no one to brainstorm about it.
I’m writing “me, me, me” all the time, and the struggle is real, but honestly, I came here to discuss the realm of neglected mature EA’s. Because if they, if we don’t fit into any of high impact jobs, there are no available strategies for us, and no one-fit-all solution most likely. And that leaves us idle, while we could absolutley rock in donations and brining EA to so many different corners of the world.
Oh my, thank you so much for your voice, you’ve outlined the problem very nicely!
Yes, exactly. I volunteer in my local/country - EA PL—within my field of expertise which is UX design. I redesigned our website, and I help with user or even marketing research—but honestly—I can do so much more good with my money donation and climbing the ladder in my profession. I just feel it in my bones—as un-scientifically as it sounds. I even came to the point where I ask myself questions like “Do I volunteer there to actually make any impact, or is it just for me feeling good about doing something”. And usually I don’t like the answer that pops in my head, because I don’t want to abandon my community. But I have only one life, and I want to make the best of it.
So If I can’t/wont change a career I’m happy to accept ETG as my only option, but how to increase impact there? There are so many possible steps, and I have no one to brainstorm about it.
I’m writing “me, me, me” all the time, and the struggle is real, but honestly, I came here to discuss the realm of neglected mature EA’s. Because if they, if we don’t fit into any of high impact jobs, there are no available strategies for us, and no one-fit-all solution most likely. And that leaves us idle, while we could absolutley rock in donations and brining EA to so many different corners of the world.