I totally agree—like I said above, I don’t think paying above market rate is necessarily erroneous, but I was just responding to Khorton’s question of how many EA orgs actually paid above market rate. And as you point out, attracting top talent to tackle important research questions is very important and I definitely agree that this is main perk of paying higher salaries.
In this case of research, I also agree! Academic salaries are far too low and benchmarking to academia isn’t even necessarily the best reference class (as one could potentially do research in the private sector and get paid much more).
I totally agree—like I said above, I don’t think paying above market rate is necessarily erroneous, but I was just responding to Khorton’s question of how many EA orgs actually paid above market rate. And as you point out, attracting top talent to tackle important research questions is very important and I definitely agree that this is main perk of paying higher salaries.
In this case of research, I also agree! Academic salaries are far too low and benchmarking to academia isn’t even necessarily the best reference class (as one could potentially do research in the private sector and get paid much more).