Upvote, but I’m not really sure how to resolve this. As I see it, many organizations in EA are incentivized to overstate their capacity to take on people because many EAs struggle with imposter syndrome. That is, good talent in EA doesn’t reach out for opportunities because they don’t think they’re qualified.
I would gander that most organizations would respond to an email from a “unicorn.” That is, someone who is unusually valuable to them. Such “unicorns” also probably have imposter syndrome, so it’s in the organizations best interest to understate what their bar is, just to not scare away these people.
The frustrating part is that the same vagueness that helps unicorns reach out is what wastes everyone else’s time. There’s no clean way to signal “yes to you, no to most people.” Either reveal the bar or maintain the ambiguity.
This is frustrating and unfair to early stage professionals in EA, but I can hardly blame any organization that does this. Good luck out there, because you might be the unicorn for some organization :)
Upvote, but I’m not really sure how to resolve this. As I see it, many organizations in EA are incentivized to overstate their capacity to take on people because many EAs struggle with imposter syndrome. That is, good talent in EA doesn’t reach out for opportunities because they don’t think they’re qualified.
I would gander that most organizations would respond to an email from a “unicorn.” That is, someone who is unusually valuable to them. Such “unicorns” also probably have imposter syndrome, so it’s in the organizations best interest to understate what their bar is, just to not scare away these people.
The frustrating part is that the same vagueness that helps unicorns reach out is what wastes everyone else’s time. There’s no clean way to signal “yes to you, no to most people.” Either reveal the bar or maintain the ambiguity.
This is frustrating and unfair to early stage professionals in EA, but I can hardly blame any organization that does this. Good luck out there, because you might be the unicorn for some organization :)