I can definitely +1 this, and I’m sure many of my colleagues would agree.
For one thing, experienced EAs would generally prefer not to spend much time training people in things they could learn elsewhere. It’s not like we have a pool of experienced EA researchers/employees, with extra time, looking for more people to train.
Second, it seems that recently there’s been more of a funding crunch. The number of talented individuals has gone up, many are now older / more experienced (so, better paid), but OP still represents the giant majority of much of EA funding.
It seems like the strategy now is to encourage people to on the margin do more earning-to-give, and find useful work outside of OP funded organizations.
I can definitely +1 this, and I’m sure many of my colleagues would agree.
For one thing, experienced EAs would generally prefer not to spend much time training people in things they could learn elsewhere. It’s not like we have a pool of experienced EA researchers/employees, with extra time, looking for more people to train.
Second, it seems that recently there’s been more of a funding crunch. The number of talented individuals has gone up, many are now older / more experienced (so, better paid), but OP still represents the giant majority of much of EA funding.
It seems like the strategy now is to encourage people to on the margin do more earning-to-give, and find useful work outside of OP funded organizations.