I certainly value my first job out of university for teaching me all sorts of lessons about productivity, communication, writing emails, management, and just work in general. I didn’t appreciate it at first, but the value of these many lessons became apparent after about 8 months. I also just had to “lean in” to mastering the little things about the job, no matter how pointless they seemed.
I have recently been speaking with some people who are about to retire from their normal job, are looking for stuff to do with their time, and wish they had more meaning in their work. Additionally, they aren’t really worried about a paycheck—they have their retirement plan. This has me thinking about how soon-to-be retirees with a chritable/altruistic bent may be a great unexplored (or maybe just lesser explored) source of talent for the EA movement and EA orgs.
Unfortunately, I feel a lot of the intro EA materials aren’t targeted to this demographic. Therefore, I find it challenging to provide the people I’ve spoken to with appropriate materials to explore further. Basically, if someone has been thoroughly trained by non-EA orgs, how do we best bring them into EA? Maybe I’m totally off-base with this idea, but doesn’t seem too fanatical at the moment.
I certainly value my first job out of university for teaching me all sorts of lessons about productivity, communication, writing emails, management, and just work in general. I didn’t appreciate it at first, but the value of these many lessons became apparent after about 8 months. I also just had to “lean in” to mastering the little things about the job, no matter how pointless they seemed.
I have recently been speaking with some people who are about to retire from their normal job, are looking for stuff to do with their time, and wish they had more meaning in their work. Additionally, they aren’t really worried about a paycheck—they have their retirement plan. This has me thinking about how soon-to-be retirees with a chritable/altruistic bent may be a great unexplored (or maybe just lesser explored) source of talent for the EA movement and EA orgs.
Unfortunately, I feel a lot of the intro EA materials aren’t targeted to this demographic. Therefore, I find it challenging to provide the people I’ve spoken to with appropriate materials to explore further. Basically, if someone has been thoroughly trained by non-EA orgs, how do we best bring them into EA? Maybe I’m totally off-base with this idea, but doesn’t seem too fanatical at the moment.