I’m wondering if you’d be willing to opine on what the biggest blockers are for mid-career people who are considering switching to more impactful career paths — particularly those who are not doing things like earning to give, or working on EA causes?
Speculating, I’d guess the most common blockers are risk/loss aversion and not having much slack. If you are spending most of what you earn and are reasonably happy with how your life is going, it’s quite hard to make the jump to doing something very different—what if it doesn’t work out, you burn through your savings quickly, and you can’t go back?
Hey Jeff, thanks for writing this!
I’m wondering if you’d be willing to opine on what the biggest blockers are for mid-career people who are considering switching to more impactful career paths — particularly those who are not doing things like earning to give, or working on EA causes?
Speculating, I’d guess the most common blockers are risk/loss aversion and not having much slack. If you are spending most of what you earn and are reasonably happy with how your life is going, it’s quite hard to make the jump to doing something very different—what if it doesn’t work out, you burn through your savings quickly, and you can’t go back?