Also, my thoughts on the underutilisation problem:
We need within EA strong, respected, talent pipelines into high-absorbency high-impact career paths that are doable by EAs. By my reckoning, thatās:
Earning to give (i.e. generation of EA money)
Working in government (i.e. use of non-EA money and EA prioritisation skills to effectively tackle challenges faced by higher-income countries)
We need these to stop being considered failures of EA, because on the counterfactual their impact is large.
We also need EA generalist talent pipelines that teach career and leadership skills to EAs that are useful in any field of work, such that we avoid the problem where a person does āskill/āinterest lock-inā as a result of their EA participation and then finds there is no role that matches their skills and interests that they can actually get, and feels the movement has betrayed them.
Oh, Iāll also add as a high-absorbency high -impact career path:
Working an easy job and volunteering for EA stuff in your hobby time.
I donāt believe in EAās āvolunteers are too much effortā paradigm. I think EAs are just sorely lacking in leadership/āpeople management skills, as a whole. Iāve seen a bunch of super great stuff done by motivated volunteers.
Also, my thoughts on the underutilisation problem:
We need within EA strong, respected, talent pipelines into high-absorbency high-impact career paths that are doable by EAs. By my reckoning, thatās:
Earning to give (i.e. generation of EA money)
Working in government (i.e. use of non-EA money and EA prioritisation skills to effectively tackle challenges faced by higher-income countries)
We need these to stop being considered failures of EA, because on the counterfactual their impact is large.
We also need EA generalist talent pipelines that teach career and leadership skills to EAs that are useful in any field of work, such that we avoid the problem where a person does āskill/āinterest lock-inā as a result of their EA participation and then finds there is no role that matches their skills and interests that they can actually get, and feels the movement has betrayed them.
Oh, Iāll also add as a high-absorbency high -impact career path:
Working an easy job and volunteering for EA stuff in your hobby time.
I donāt believe in EAās āvolunteers are too much effortā paradigm. I think EAs are just sorely lacking in leadership/āpeople management skills, as a whole. Iāve seen a bunch of super great stuff done by motivated volunteers.