“EA isn’t drawing the same talent as it used it” I’m surprised by this claim: do you mean it’s getting fewer talented newcomers on a yearly basis than before, or that the newcoming talent is different? (different profiles / skillsets) I understood it at the former claim, but that would be surprising to me. I’ve heard a few orgs saying that they’ve been able to raise the bar for who to hire in the past years, because the EA-aligned talent pool has been getting bigger, with more senior professionals and exceptionally competent people. Also, generally, that EAs are less young on average than ten years ago, and that this has benefits for hiring.
I probably should have clarified that EA as a community building effort isn’t drawing the same talent. That said, talent that was attracted through community building efforts earlier has had more time to “level up” (as you mentioned) and orgs have likely improved their ability to recruit experienced professionals directly compared to the past (though my intuition is that some orgs haven’t fully appreciated the costs of weakening value-alignment since these impacts take a long time to emerge).
A further caveat: I don’t know exactly how things are at elite universities these days.
“EA isn’t drawing the same talent as it used it”
I’m surprised by this claim: do you mean it’s getting fewer talented newcomers on a yearly basis than before, or that the newcoming talent is different? (different profiles / skillsets)
I understood it at the former claim, but that would be surprising to me. I’ve heard a few orgs saying that they’ve been able to raise the bar for who to hire in the past years, because the EA-aligned talent pool has been getting bigger, with more senior professionals and exceptionally competent people. Also, generally, that EAs are less young on average than ten years ago, and that this has benefits for hiring.
I probably should have clarified that EA as a community building effort isn’t drawing the same talent. That said, talent that was attracted through community building efforts earlier has had more time to “level up” (as you mentioned) and orgs have likely improved their ability to recruit experienced professionals directly compared to the past (though my intuition is that some orgs haven’t fully appreciated the costs of weakening value-alignment since these impacts take a long time to emerge).
A further caveat: I don’t know exactly how things are at elite universities these days.