Sociology major from a small liberal arts college here, and resonate with a lot of what you’re saying. I wrote about my journey into EA here, in case that’s helpful:
Fwiw my view is thay you can add a lot, but you’ll have to work a little bit harder to figure out where the best place is for you.
In my case, I have a good fit with community building and operations-type roles, and now product management also.
I wrote my undergrad thesis on social movements, which was partially influenced by EA and I think helped me think more systematically about movement building. I think figuring out ways to explore areas you are particularly interested in through classes could be really interesting (one of the benefits of liberal arts is flexibility on coursework and essays!)
Sociology major from a small liberal arts college here, and resonate with a lot of what you’re saying. I wrote about my journey into EA here, in case that’s helpful:
https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​kE3FRC5gq9QxMrn3w/​​what-drew-me-to-ea-reflections-on-ea-as-relief-growth-and
Fwiw my view is thay you can add a lot, but you’ll have to work a little bit harder to figure out where the best place is for you.
In my case, I have a good fit with community building and operations-type roles, and now product management also.
I wrote my undergrad thesis on social movements, which was partially influenced by EA and I think helped me think more systematically about movement building. I think figuring out ways to explore areas you are particularly interested in through classes could be really interesting (one of the benefits of liberal arts is flexibility on coursework and essays!)