There are certainly people on both ends of the (confidence /â ability) spectrum. I suspect that âskilled people deciding not to try entering EA workâ is a bigger problem than âpeople trying to push ahead when they shouldnâtâ.
Reasoning:
From an individualâs perspective, âwasting time trying to enter a fieldâ doesnât seem much worse than âmissing your chance to enter a field where youâd have had a much higher impact than you did otherwiseâ.
From an orgâs perspective, itâs much more costly to miss out on a great employee than to say ânoâ to one more person.
But there are a lot of other ways you could look at the issue, and this is just my first impression.
There are certainly people on both ends of the (confidence /â ability) spectrum. I suspect that âskilled people deciding not to try entering EA workâ is a bigger problem than âpeople trying to push ahead when they shouldnâtâ.
Reasoning:
From an individualâs perspective, âwasting time trying to enter a fieldâ doesnât seem much worse than âmissing your chance to enter a field where youâd have had a much higher impact than you did otherwiseâ.
From an orgâs perspective, itâs much more costly to miss out on a great employee than to say ânoâ to one more person.
But there are a lot of other ways you could look at the issue, and this is just my first impression.