I didn’t have much background in biorisk. My last formal bio training was 9th grade bio, though I’ve also paid attention to news etc and knew more than I got from that class. I read some about the overall problem area from the 80k problem profile and reading lists, but the specific domain knowledge has almost all been on-the-job learning. Which isn’t a new experience for me, or I suspect most programmers: it’s also how I learned web performance optimization, the advertising ecosystem, and all the other domains I’ve worked in.
I think this approach does require a high enough fraction of people with real training, but a senior person with transferable skills (hi!) can still be very useful matched with domain experts who are either busy or have fewer of those skills.
That’s what I felt! Do you feel that people with experience in management or leadership could be useful, even if they come from a background of sales or consulting?
I didn’t have much background in biorisk. My last formal bio training was 9th grade bio, though I’ve also paid attention to news etc and knew more than I got from that class. I read some about the overall problem area from the 80k problem profile and reading lists, but the specific domain knowledge has almost all been on-the-job learning. Which isn’t a new experience for me, or I suspect most programmers: it’s also how I learned web performance optimization, the advertising ecosystem, and all the other domains I’ve worked in.
I think this approach does require a high enough fraction of people with real training, but a senior person with transferable skills (hi!) can still be very useful matched with domain experts who are either busy or have fewer of those skills.
That’s what I felt! Do you feel that people with experience in management or leadership could be useful, even if they come from a background of sales or consulting?
I think it depends a lot on the organization, but potentially!