• For me, there were minimal opportunities to do something higher impact at this stage in my career. For example, I may have stayed in government and I doubt this would have had much impact (also this year out has not significantly damaged my civil service career, I was able to return on a promotion). It is not clear that I had the credibility on any other EA project that I could have found funders willing to cover my costs for the year. I could have worked part time in the civil service and tried to found a different type of other organisation but I think it is unlikely to have gone as well.
• David Nash has invested time but it is helping him move career-wise in a direction he wants to be going in.
• I expect the interns taken on would not have spent time as effectively otherwise.
Thanks for the feedback Rob
i) The opportunity cost of time has been low.
• For me, there were minimal opportunities to do something higher impact at this stage in my career. For example, I may have stayed in government and I doubt this would have had much impact (also this year out has not significantly damaged my civil service career, I was able to return on a promotion). It is not clear that I had the credibility on any other EA project that I could have found funders willing to cover my costs for the year. I could have worked part time in the civil service and tried to found a different type of other organisation but I think it is unlikely to have gone as well.
• David Nash has invested time but it is helping him move career-wise in a direction he wants to be going in.
• I expect the interns taken on would not have spent time as effectively otherwise.
• Time invested by others was minimal.
ii)-iv) Agree