Ok that’s fair, I guess ‘appalled’ was just my own personal reaction as someone who’d hoped to have a chance at this. And I agree, if I put my own interests aside, it is good that a lot of people are going for this. And it’s good if I’m not needed.
By ‘oversaturated’ I didn’t mean that there’s no need for greater talent, but rather that many people will be wasting their time trying to pursue this path. Even if many of the 7500 applicants weren’t aligned with FIG’s mission… I’m sure the number who are is still very high. With such slim chances of getting a position, I don’t think it makes sense to recommend people pursue this path unless they’re really a good fit or highly talented.
Yep. I agree there’s too great a default towards optimism and that some people are wasting their time as a result.
Based on the numbers I saw when I worked on hiring, I’d say something like 125-200 of the GovAI applicants were determined to work in AIS, properly conceived, as the primary thing they wanted to do. FIG is harder to guess, but I wouldn’t be surprised is they just got added to some popular lists of random/”easy” internship opportunities and got flooded with totally irrelevant apps.
Ok that’s fair, I guess ‘appalled’ was just my own personal reaction as someone who’d hoped to have a chance at this. And I agree, if I put my own interests aside, it is good that a lot of people are going for this. And it’s good if I’m not needed.
By ‘oversaturated’ I didn’t mean that there’s no need for greater talent, but rather that many people will be wasting their time trying to pursue this path. Even if many of the 7500 applicants weren’t aligned with FIG’s mission… I’m sure the number who are is still very high. With such slim chances of getting a position, I don’t think it makes sense to recommend people pursue this path unless they’re really a good fit or highly talented.
Yep. I agree there’s too great a default towards optimism and that some people are wasting their time as a result.
Based on the numbers I saw when I worked on hiring, I’d say something like 125-200 of the GovAI applicants were determined to work in AIS, properly conceived, as the primary thing they wanted to do. FIG is harder to guess, but I wouldn’t be surprised is they just got added to some popular lists of random/”easy” internship opportunities and got flooded with totally irrelevant apps.