Thanks for writing this and for your good intentions. Sorry, you haven’t received more feedback!
My quick thought is that you should probably try to work for one of the organisations doing something like your project before you attempt to start a new organisation. There are usually a lot of useful things you can learn from established alternative project, including how and why they operate as they do. Additionally, it is probable that helping something big be a little better is more impactful in expectation than doing something novel and risky which probably won’t succeed or scale (based on the base-rates for new project in EA and elsewhere).
Of course that’s just a quick opinion from a quick read but I hope it is helpful.
Thanks for your advice! I intend to keep on building on this idea in the next few months and have though about reaching out to a few EA orgs that work with students or high-schoolers.
As for working for these EA orgs, that is indeed a potential path in my mind. However, since places within EA orgs are very convoluted, it seems unlikely that I could for one directly after my masters.
I will keep your advice in mind and hope you have a nice day!
Executive summary: “The Impact Path” is a proposed initiative to provide career guidance to high school and college students within an Effective Altruism framework, aiming to expand EA’s reach and impact by engaging students early in their academic journeys through an online platform and targeted outreach.
Key points:
Existing EA career guidance, like 80,000 Hours, has gaps in awareness, target audience, and inclusivity that “The Impact Path” aims to address.
The website will offer tailored career advice, community engagement, general advice for students, online seminars, and volunteer opportunities.
Outreach will focus on engaging social media campaigns, influencer sponsorships, and university presentations through EA groups.
Anticipated benefits include expanded EA influence, early exposure to EA ideas, and efficient online outreach.
Challenges include building initial credibility, creating content, securing mentorship, and funding/staffing constraints.
Comprehensive analytics will measure impact through website metrics, social media engagement, and user feedback to guide improvements.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, andcontact us if you have feedback.
Thanks for writing this and for your good intentions. Sorry, you haven’t received more feedback!
My quick thought is that you should probably try to work for one of the organisations doing something like your project before you attempt to start a new organisation. There are usually a lot of useful things you can learn from established alternative project, including how and why they operate as they do. Additionally, it is probable that helping something big be a little better is more impactful in expectation than doing something novel and risky which probably won’t succeed or scale (based on the base-rates for new project in EA and elsewhere).
Of course that’s just a quick opinion from a quick read but I hope it is helpful.
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your advice! I intend to keep on building on this idea in the next few months and have though about reaching out to a few EA orgs that work with students or high-schoolers.
As for working for these EA orgs, that is indeed a potential path in my mind. However, since places within EA orgs are very convoluted, it seems unlikely that I could for one directly after my masters.
I will keep your advice in mind and hope you have a nice day!
Thanks Jonathan
Executive summary: “The Impact Path” is a proposed initiative to provide career guidance to high school and college students within an Effective Altruism framework, aiming to expand EA’s reach and impact by engaging students early in their academic journeys through an online platform and targeted outreach.
Key points:
Existing EA career guidance, like 80,000 Hours, has gaps in awareness, target audience, and inclusivity that “The Impact Path” aims to address.
The website will offer tailored career advice, community engagement, general advice for students, online seminars, and volunteer opportunities.
Outreach will focus on engaging social media campaigns, influencer sponsorships, and university presentations through EA groups.
Anticipated benefits include expanded EA influence, early exposure to EA ideas, and efficient online outreach.
Challenges include building initial credibility, creating content, securing mentorship, and funding/staffing constraints.
Comprehensive analytics will measure impact through website metrics, social media engagement, and user feedback to guide improvements.
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.