This is a good post. But since we hear so much about the value of career capital, I thought it’d be useful to link this old post which encouraged people to deprioritize it, just for the sake of an alternate perspective.
Given that there’s always going to be a social bias towards working at EA orgs
I’m not sure this is true. Just a few years ago, it seemed like there was a social bias against working at EA orgs. The “prioritize talent gaps” meme was meant to address this. (I feel like there might be other historical cases of the EA movement overcorrecting in this manner, but no specific instances are coming to mind.)
This is a good post. But since we hear so much about the value of career capital, I thought it’d be useful to link this old post which encouraged people to deprioritize it, just for the sake of an alternate perspective.
I’m not sure this is true. Just a few years ago, it seemed like there was a social bias against working at EA orgs. The “prioritize talent gaps” meme was meant to address this. (I feel like there might be other historical cases of the EA movement overcorrecting in this manner, but no specific instances are coming to mind.)