If you’re otherwise unusually likely to turn away from EAish stuff – i.e. reach the end of your runway or burn out – just apply. Probably even if you’re just at an average level of risk.
If you can see yourself turning down an awesome offer because you disagree with the result of the interview process, apply a bit more liberally than otherwise.
When prioritizing between positions, assign:
1000x weight to completely idiosyncratic high-impact projects (regardless of whether they’re your ideas or someone else’s) that no one else would otherwise pursue for a long time,
100x weight to relatively neglected roles in the community (say, because they require a rare combination of skills or because the org is new and fairly unknown),
10x to any capacity-creating kind of role to reduce the risk that they may not find anyone, and
An alternative decision algorithm:
If you’re otherwise unusually likely to turn away from EAish stuff – i.e. reach the end of your runway or burn out – just apply. Probably even if you’re just at an average level of risk.
If you can see yourself turning down an awesome offer because you disagree with the result of the interview process, apply a bit more liberally than otherwise.
When prioritizing between positions, assign:
1000x weight to completely idiosyncratic high-impact projects (regardless of whether they’re your ideas or someone else’s) that no one else would otherwise pursue for a long time,
100x weight to relatively neglected roles in the community (say, because they require a rare combination of skills or because the org is new and fairly unknown),
10x to any capacity-creating kind of role to reduce the risk that they may not find anyone, and
1x to any other role.