I was reminded of this comment of mine today and just thought I’d comment again to note that 5 years later my social-impact career prospects have gotten even worse. Concretely, I quit my last job (a sales job just for money) a year and a half ago and have just been living on savings since without applying anywhere in 18 months. Things definitely have not gone as I had hoped when I wrote this comment. Some things have gotten better in life (e.g. my mental health is better than it has been in over five years), but career-wise I’m doing very poorly (not even earning money with a random job) and have no positive trajectory to speak of.
I was reminded of this comment of mine today and just thought I’d comment again to note that 5 years later my social-impact career prospects have gotten even worse. Concretely, I quit my last job (a sales job just for money) a year and a half ago and have just been living on savings since without applying anywhere in 18 months. Things definitely have not gone as I had hoped when I wrote this comment. Some things have gotten better in life (e.g. my mental health is better than it has been in over five years), but career-wise I’m doing very poorly (not even earning money with a random job) and have no positive trajectory to speak of.