EA at Georgia Tech presently has 3 student organizers and ~40 students who have done the Effective Altruism Fellowship within the past year, plus perhaps 15 other people who have attended general meetings, so let’s say 50 members. 3 organizers : 50 members is a ratio of 6%. But our acceptance rate for people interested in becoming an organizer is actually 100%. (Theoretically, we would filter for people who generally agree with the content in the introductory fellowship and are reliable, hard-working, and a decent fit for some organizer position, etc. We would accept most if not all applicants who meet those criteria, but we haven’t had to do any filtering so far.) For next semester, it looks like we’ll have 5–7 new organizers/facilitators for a total of 10 organizers/facilitators. I think most EA university groups are likewise willing to take on most people who are interested in helping organize activities. We’re not covered under Community Building Grants, but my understanding is that we should be able to have new organizers covered under funding from the EA Infrastructure Fund.
In the case of EA at Georgia Tech, taking the ratio of filled positions to EAs significantly underestimates the acceptance rate for a position, because most members aren’t interested in taking on a position. This might be true for direct work jobs overall. My model of Kuhan would say something like, there are actually relatively few EAs who are longtermist and who seriously want to switch to a career doing direct work.
EA at Georgia Tech presently has 3 student organizers and ~40 students who have done the Effective Altruism Fellowship within the past year, plus perhaps 15 other people who have attended general meetings, so let’s say 50 members. 3 organizers : 50 members is a ratio of 6%. But our acceptance rate for people interested in becoming an organizer is actually 100%. (Theoretically, we would filter for people who generally agree with the content in the introductory fellowship and are reliable, hard-working, and a decent fit for some organizer position, etc. We would accept most if not all applicants who meet those criteria, but we haven’t had to do any filtering so far.) For next semester, it looks like we’ll have 5–7 new organizers/facilitators for a total of 10 organizers/facilitators. I think most EA university groups are likewise willing to take on most people who are interested in helping organize activities. We’re not covered under Community Building Grants, but my understanding is that we should be able to have new organizers covered under funding from the EA Infrastructure Fund.
In the case of EA at Georgia Tech, taking the ratio of filled positions to EAs significantly underestimates the acceptance rate for a position, because most members aren’t interested in taking on a position. This might be true for direct work jobs overall. My model of Kuhan would say something like, there are actually relatively few EAs who are longtermist and who seriously want to switch to a career doing direct work.
Cheers, thanks for the data.