Counterbalance: if you want to do research, do a PhD, if you can get one. Itās the easiest research funding source available for someone who doesnāt already have a PhD. Much of the rest of it can be solved by being smart and strategic about what you actually research. You can go to fellowships, research programs, events and training while doing a PhD.
I donāt think EA should be recommending that its researchers drop out of research school.
(This is not necessarily disagreeing with youāI think a lot of people think they want to do research but actually donāt want to do research, they just want to stay in a familiar university environment, and they need to figure this out.)
I also do recommend working for a while in a ānormal jobā before going back to uni for a PhD, as I think thatās a really great way of sorting out genuine interest in research from inertia about not wanting to leave the university system.
Counterbalance: if you want to do research, do a PhD, if you can get one. Itās the easiest research funding source available for someone who doesnāt already have a PhD. Much of the rest of it can be solved by being smart and strategic about what you actually research. You can go to fellowships, research programs, events and training while doing a PhD.
I donāt think EA should be recommending that its researchers drop out of research school.
(This is not necessarily disagreeing with youāI think a lot of people think they want to do research but actually donāt want to do research, they just want to stay in a familiar university environment, and they need to figure this out.)
I also do recommend working for a while in a ānormal jobā before going back to uni for a PhD, as I think thatās a really great way of sorting out genuine interest in research from inertia about not wanting to leave the university system.
I will plug my CDT here: https://āāwww.lancaster.ac.uk/āāstor-i/āā
I appreciate the Counterbalance!