Hey Jamie, thanks for doing this, I find the results interesting. Just want to point out what I think are two small typos that made it harder to understand what you wrote:
I asked a free-text response question: “Do you think that the value of graduate training would increase/compound, or decrease/discount, the got further into their career?” 4 respondents wrote that the value of graduate training would decrease/discount the got further into their career
Could you correct what you put above?
Also, I’m curious on
1. What Master’s or Ph.D degrees are you considering to take?
2. What do you think would be a good Master’s or Ph.D degree to take for the average “generalist” researcher at an EA / longtermist non-profit (if this is different from what you personally would take)?
Psychology, sociology, (history), (political science). I imagine that that’s an unusually broad range to be considering, but I didn’t want to rule anything out prematurely. My undergraduate was in history but my research in nonprofits has been much more social science-y, and a bit more quantitative.
I imagine that there’s a very broad range that could be on the table. I haven’t thought about this question in general that much for “EA / longtermist” research orgs. For effective animal advocacy research organisations, my main guesses would be the same as the list above, plus economics. But there could be others that I haven’t thought about, related to those options, or an unusually good fit for some individuals etc.
Hey Jamie, thanks for doing this, I find the results interesting. Just want to point out what I think are two small typos that made it harder to understand what you wrote:
Could you correct what you put above?
Also, I’m curious on
1. What Master’s or Ph.D degrees are you considering to take?
2. What do you think would be a good Master’s or Ph.D degree to take for the average “generalist” researcher at an EA / longtermist non-profit (if this is different from what you personally would take)?
Thanks!
Oops, I meant “the further they got”
Psychology, sociology, (history), (political science). I imagine that that’s an unusually broad range to be considering, but I didn’t want to rule anything out prematurely. My undergraduate was in history but my research in nonprofits has been much more social science-y, and a bit more quantitative.
I imagine that there’s a very broad range that could be on the table. I haven’t thought about this question in general that much for “EA / longtermist” research orgs. For effective animal advocacy research organisations, my main guesses would be the same as the list above, plus economics. But there could be others that I haven’t thought about, related to those options, or an unusually good fit for some individuals etc.