Wow – then you will have 3 PhDs? Did you consider trying to get into academia with one of your existing PhDs and pivoting towards high impact research? My impression is that a lot of EAs are switching careers, but typically at a much earlier stage. When I tried to find data on how often people switched careers, I found that the US government doesn’t have a definition of a career switch and therefore has no data. I think it would be very interesting to compose a spectrum of career changes. Some people consider it a career change to stay in the same field, but e.g. switch from academia to industry. Some people see it as a career change to go from mechanical engineering to civil engineering. Most people do not end up in the same field as their college major (or even close to their college major), so then you could say most college-educated people switch careers.
Wow – then you will have 3 PhDs? Did you consider trying to get into academia with one of your existing PhDs and pivoting towards high impact research? My impression is that a lot of EAs are switching careers, but typically at a much earlier stage. When I tried to find data on how often people switched careers, I found that the US government doesn’t have a definition of a career switch and therefore has no data. I think it would be very interesting to compose a spectrum of career changes. Some people consider it a career change to stay in the same field, but e.g. switch from academia to industry. Some people see it as a career change to go from mechanical engineering to civil engineering. Most people do not end up in the same field as their college major (or even close to their college major), so then you could say most college-educated people switch careers.