Thank you for the data. 80,000 Hours agrees that improving diversity is important. We made a statement to this effect in our 2017 annual review, and have given updates in 2018 and 2019.
To update on our figures, we’ll now soon have 13 core full-time staff, and 2 will be POC (15%). We made job offers to both before Feb, though we’re still working on visas and one only recently started, which is why the meet the team page is out of date.
Thanks Ben! Great to see 80K making progress on this front! And while I haven’t crunched the numbers, my impression is that 80K’s podcast has also been featuring a significantly more diverse set of guests than when the podcast first started- this also seems like a very positive development.
Given the nature of your work, 80K seems uniquely positioned to influence the makeup of the Longtermist ecosystem as a whole. Do you track the demographic characteristics of your pipeline: people you coach, people who apply for coaching, people who report plan changes due to your work, etc.? If not, is this something you’d ever consider?
Hi there,
Thank you for the data. 80,000 Hours agrees that improving diversity is important. We made a statement to this effect in our 2017 annual review, and have given updates in 2018 and 2019.
To update on our figures, we’ll now soon have 13 core full-time staff, and 2 will be POC (15%). We made job offers to both before Feb, though we’re still working on visas and one only recently started, which is why the meet the team page is out of date.
Thanks Ben! Great to see 80K making progress on this front! And while I haven’t crunched the numbers, my impression is that 80K’s podcast has also been featuring a significantly more diverse set of guests than when the podcast first started- this also seems like a very positive development.
Given the nature of your work, 80K seems uniquely positioned to influence the makeup of the Longtermist ecosystem as a whole. Do you track the demographic characteristics of your pipeline: people you coach, people who apply for coaching, people who report plan changes due to your work, etc.? If not, is this something you’d ever consider?
Yes we do track these, and have a brief note about it in the 2019 annual review.
Glad this is something you’re tracking. For reference, here’s the relevant section of the annual review.