This seems like good advice. However, I’d say that if your goal is to “advance your EA career”, maybe you should do some goal factoring—what do you want out of an EA career? If what you want is to do as much good as possible, it’s totally possible that your comparative advantage doesn’t look like a standard EA career path.
If what you want is EA street cred, maybe you should just get better at talking about what you’re doing (which might require an internal shift in how you think about what you’re doing).
If you are actually doing something that’s not that great and won’t get you better positioned to do more good later, of course consider changing paths :)
This seems like good advice. However, I’d say that if your goal is to “advance your EA career”, maybe you should do some goal factoring—what do you want out of an EA career? If what you want is to do as much good as possible, it’s totally possible that your comparative advantage doesn’t look like a standard EA career path.
If what you want is EA street cred, maybe you should just get better at talking about what you’re doing (which might require an internal shift in how you think about what you’re doing).
If you are actually doing something that’s not that great and won’t get you better positioned to do more good later, of course consider changing paths :)