Offer paid sabbatical to people considering changing careers
Empowering Exceptional People
People sometimes are locked-in in their non-EA careers because while working, they do not have time to:
Prioritize what altruistic job would fit them best
Learn what they need for this job
Create an organization that will offer paid sabbaticals to people considering changing careers to more EA-aligned jobs to help this transition. During the sabbatical, they could be members of a community of people in a similar situation, with coaching available.
Agree. I think that having an Advance Market Commitment system for this makes sense. E.g., FTX says ‘We will fund mid-career academics/professionals for up to x months to do y. ’ My experience is that most of the high value people I know who are good professional are sufficiently time poor and dissuaded by uncertainty that they won’t spend 2-5 hours to apply for something they don’t know they will get. The barriers and costs are probably greater than most EA funders realise.
An alternative/related idea is to have a simple EOI system where people can submit a fleshed out CV and a paragraph and then get a AMC on an application—e.g., We think that there is a more than 60% chance that we would fund this and would therefore welcome a full application.
Offer paid sabbatical to people considering changing careers
Empowering Exceptional People
People sometimes are locked-in in their non-EA careers because while working, they do not have time to:
Prioritize what altruistic job would fit them best
Learn what they need for this job
Create an organization that will offer paid sabbaticals to people considering changing careers to more EA-aligned jobs to help this transition. During the sabbatical, they could be members of a community of people in a similar situation, with coaching available.
Agree. I think that having an Advance Market Commitment system for this makes sense. E.g., FTX says ‘We will fund mid-career academics/professionals for up to x months to do y. ’ My experience is that most of the high value people I know who are good professional are sufficiently time poor and dissuaded by uncertainty that they won’t spend 2-5 hours to apply for something they don’t know they will get. The barriers and costs are probably greater than most EA funders realise.
An alternative/related idea is to have a simple EOI system where people can submit a fleshed out CV and a paragraph and then get a AMC on an application—e.g., We think that there is a more than 60% chance that we would fund this and would therefore welcome a full application.