This is so so cool! Love the idea of focusing on concrete goals with high-investment groups, and approaching important questions from different angles. I’ve been unsure whether the “nerdsniping” approach of “isn’t this actually just an interesting problem?” that I’ve advocated before really holds up, but I’m glad it potentially did here, though maybe because you had the standard outreach first.
I’m curious how you think this would have gone if you hadn’t had the first stage of outreach?
Generally I’m really excited about people using intro stage outreach and then being selective for further things in exactly the way you describe here.
This is so so cool! Love the idea of focusing on concrete goals with high-investment groups, and approaching important questions from different angles. I’ve been unsure whether the “nerdsniping” approach of “isn’t this actually just an interesting problem?” that I’ve advocated before really holds up, but I’m glad it potentially did here, though maybe because you had the standard outreach first.
I’m curious how you think this would have gone if you hadn’t had the first stage of outreach?
Generally I’m really excited about people using intro stage outreach and then being selective for further things in exactly the way you describe here.