I am thinking along similar lines Miranda, and I may have some of that comparative advantage too :)
I don’t like to talk about plans too much before actually getting down to doing, but I am working on a project to find ways to support people coming to EA mid-career/mid-life (as I did). I expect to write a top level post about this in the next few weeks.
The goals are crystalizing a bit:
1. helping to keep people engaged and feeling like a part of the community even if they can’t (aren’t a good fit for, or aren’t yet ready to) consider a high impact career change 2. helping people figure out how to have the most impact in the immediate term, within current constraints 3. helping people work towards higher impact, even if it’s in the longer term
Some ideas for how to do it:
1. compiling and organizing resources that are specifically relevant for the demographic 2. interfacing with EA orgs (80k, local groups, EA Anywhere, Virtual Programs, etc.) in appropriate, mutually beneficial ways 3. peer-based support (because situations mid-career/life vary widely) - IE probably taking the form of a group to start and then hopefully figuring out what kind of 1-on-1 stuff could work too (mentorship, buddy system, etc.)
I am thinking along similar lines Miranda, and I may have some of that comparative advantage too :)
I don’t like to talk about plans too much before actually getting down to doing, but I am working on a project to find ways to support people coming to EA mid-career/mid-life (as I did). I expect to write a top level post about this in the next few weeks.
The goals are crystalizing a bit:
1. helping to keep people engaged and feeling like a part of the community even if they can’t (aren’t a good fit for, or aren’t yet ready to) consider a high impact career change
2. helping people figure out how to have the most impact in the immediate term, within current constraints
3. helping people work towards higher impact, even if it’s in the longer term
Some ideas for how to do it:
1. compiling and organizing resources that are specifically relevant for the demographic
2. interfacing with EA orgs (80k, local groups, EA Anywhere, Virtual Programs, etc.) in appropriate, mutually beneficial ways
3. peer-based support (because situations mid-career/life vary widely) - IE probably taking the form of a group to start and then hopefully figuring out what kind of 1-on-1 stuff could work too (mentorship, buddy system, etc.)
That sounds very exciting. Will be keeping my eyes posted for your post (though I’d be grateful if you could ping me with it when you post, too)!
Will do!