Didnāt write it, but have two-thirds of a draft lying around to finish someday.
Leading a group is a good signal, but for most jobs, I think other qualifications will also be important (though these could include āhaving a strong application and doing well on work testsā). If youāre trying to do something that makes use of your econ knowledge (rather than your ops/āorganizing ability or general research skills), competing with PhDs will be tough.
Iām an unusual case, because I went to a one-off retreat for people interested in ops work at a time lots of orgs were hiring at onceāit was a bit like a ājob fairā. Had I not gone there, Iād have just kept checking the 80K job board, the āEffective Altruism Job Postingsā Facebook group, and the websites of a few orgs I liked (if Iād seen that their jobs werenāt being added to the board).
Didnāt write it, but have two-thirds of a draft lying around to finish someday.
Leading a group is a good signal, but for most jobs, I think other qualifications will also be important (though these could include āhaving a strong application and doing well on work testsā). If youāre trying to do something that makes use of your econ knowledge (rather than your ops/āorganizing ability or general research skills), competing with PhDs will be tough.
Iām an unusual case, because I went to a one-off retreat for people interested in ops work at a time lots of orgs were hiring at onceāit was a bit like a ājob fairā. Had I not gone there, Iād have just kept checking the 80K job board, the āEffective Altruism Job Postingsā Facebook group, and the websites of a few orgs I liked (if Iād seen that their jobs werenāt being added to the board).