Question. Does a career as a Foreign Service Officer (Economic or Political tracks) in the U.S. State Department have a high expected value? Does anyone have the context to judge its merits for EAs?
Motivation. I ask because although 80K Hours rates ‘Government and policy in an area relevant to a top problem’ as their second highest-impact career category and, moreover, they consider executive branch careers (including in the State Department) as particularly promising, they don’t yet have a career review for it.
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[Question] Career review: US State Dept’s Foreign Service Officer?
Question. Does a career as a Foreign Service Officer (Economic or Political tracks) in the U.S. State Department have a high expected value? Does anyone have the context to judge its merits for EAs?
Motivation. I ask because although 80K Hours rates ‘Government and policy in an area relevant to a top problem’ as their second highest-impact career category and, moreover, they consider executive branch careers (including in the State Department) as particularly promising, they don’t yet have a career review for it.