It encourages young people to stay within the EA bubble, instead of leaving, acquiring diverse skill-sets, and getting feedback from the real world. This also exacerbates talent bottlenecks further down the funnel once the community lacks expertise in specific fields/career paths.
Young, hapless EA here: this is very, very true. Multiple times recently I’ve been in the process of looking for “EA jobs” or describing to someone my intention of finding one, and realized “what does ‘EA job’ actually mean? Do I really need my job to be something advertised on 80,000 Hours or something people talk about on LW for me to feel like I’m making a difference in ways I care about?”
Young, hapless EA here: this is very, very true. Multiple times recently I’ve been in the process of looking for “EA jobs” or describing to someone my intention of finding one, and realized “what does ‘EA job’ actually mean? Do I really need my job to be something advertised on 80,000 Hours or something people talk about on LW for me to feel like I’m making a difference in ways I care about?”