OK, me back! As for the part about 80k objectives, it’s hard for me to tell. I haven’t done enough research to have an opinion on that matter. But I guess, influencing anyone with EA values gives a lot of positive returns.
“what high-impact roles could be a great fit for you”
- That’s the thing, I don’t fit any of them. I’m a ux/ui designer (I’ll post my links on the bottom) and after 2 years of (let’s call it) research I realized two things:
In those few companies or orgs that ever posted offers for uxd, UX is not necessarily as impactful or even important. It just needs to be as good as to not let “things fall apart”. So, not much impact on the cause area there.
Earning to give makes much more sense. I can still do what I love and am good at, but it comes with this pressure to overexcell myself to give more in near future.
In regards to mentoring others, that’s complicated too. How can I advise others if I can’t even move on with my own goals that I defined so clearly for myself? That’s rhetorical of course. I struggle with impostor syndrome a lot and I’ve been looking for a job more actively since November (I want to move up and upskill). Being declined over and over again doesn’t help with the syndrome. But I’m not saying “no”, only “not now”.
I’ve done some brainstorming with senior IT people, but I’m not very good at cold emailing them, so I haven’t had as many insights as I wish to.
EAG/x—I am signing up for 5 events this year, this is a great way of meeting people smarter than me and in every age!
OK, me back! As for the part about 80k objectives, it’s hard for me to tell. I haven’t done enough research to have an opinion on that matter. But I guess, influencing anyone with EA values gives a lot of positive returns.
- That’s the thing, I don’t fit any of them. I’m a ux/ui designer (I’ll post my links on the bottom) and after 2 years of (let’s call it) research I realized two things:
In those few companies or orgs that ever posted offers for uxd, UX is not necessarily as impactful or even important. It just needs to be as good as to not let “things fall apart”. So, not much impact on the cause area there.
Earning to give makes much more sense. I can still do what I love and am good at, but it comes with this pressure to overexcell myself to give more in near future.
In regards to mentoring others, that’s complicated too. How can I advise others if I can’t even move on with my own goals that I defined so clearly for myself? That’s rhetorical of course. I struggle with impostor syndrome a lot and I’ve been looking for a job more actively since November (I want to move up and upskill). Being declined over and over again doesn’t help with the syndrome. But I’m not saying “no”, only “not now”.
I’ve done some brainstorming with senior IT people, but I’m not very good at cold emailing them, so I haven’t had as many insights as I wish to.
EAG/x—I am signing up for 5 events this year, this is a great way of meeting people smarter than me and in every age!
Thank you a lot @calebp!
Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martynatomaszewska/ - feel free to connect.
https://eahub.org/profile/martyna/ - let me know if it’s available, if not I’ll make it public.