Executive summary: The author describes their personal journey in trying to do more good through earning to give, working at a social enterprise, exploring other options, and ultimately working at a non-profit to reduce biorisk.
Key points:
The author initially pursued earning to give, donating 50% of their income to effective charities.
They briefly worked at a social enterprise aiming to reduce remittance fees, but the effort failed.
The author explored other options like government and AI risk research, but found them not a good personal fit.
Concerns about biorisk, especially engineered stealth pathogens, led the author to join the non-profit Nucleic Acid Observatory.
The author’s current work focuses on using genetic sequencing of wastewater samples to detect potential engineered pathogens.
The post emphasizes the importance of finding high-impact options that align with one’s skills and interests.
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They briefly worked at a social enterprise aiming to reduce remittance fees
I see how you might have read it that way, but while Wave started off in the remittance business the division I joined (and the reason I joined) was to build out a mobile money system in Ethiopia.
Executive summary: The author describes their personal journey in trying to do more good through earning to give, working at a social enterprise, exploring other options, and ultimately working at a non-profit to reduce biorisk.
Key points:
The author initially pursued earning to give, donating 50% of their income to effective charities.
They briefly worked at a social enterprise aiming to reduce remittance fees, but the effort failed.
The author explored other options like government and AI risk research, but found them not a good personal fit.
Concerns about biorisk, especially engineered stealth pathogens, led the author to join the non-profit Nucleic Acid Observatory.
The author’s current work focuses on using genetic sequencing of wastewater samples to detect potential engineered pathogens.
The post emphasizes the importance of finding high-impact options that align with one’s skills and interests.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.
I see how you might have read it that way, but while Wave started off in the remittance business the division I joined (and the reason I joined) was to build out a mobile money system in Ethiopia.