Money is the major bottleneck for high impact charities, at least in GHD and AW (and some GCR causes). Meanwhile, there’s an excess in demand for EA jobs relative to the supply (everyone knows it’s extremely competitive). Hence, the marginal value of getting more money in via earning to give (loosely defined—not everyone needs to be in finance or tech) is probably higher than trying to squeeze into a direct role where replaceability is extremely high.
Money is the major bottleneck for high impact charities, at least in GHD and AW (and some GCR causes). Meanwhile, there’s an excess in demand for EA jobs relative to the supply (everyone knows it’s extremely competitive). Hence, the marginal value of getting more money in via earning to give (loosely defined—not everyone needs to be in finance or tech) is probably higher than trying to squeeze into a direct role where replaceability is extremely high.