This seems like quite solid advice to me and especially relevant in light of posts like this. It makes a lot of sense to try to “skill up” in areas that have lower barriers of entry (as long as they provide comparable or better career capital) and I like the idea that “you can go get somebody else to invest in your skilling-up process, then in a way, you’re diverting money and mentorship into EA.” This seems especially valuable since it both redirects resources of non-EA orgs that might’ve otherwise gone to skilling up people who aren’t altruistically-minded and frees up the resources of EA orgs that can now go towards developing other members of EA.
This seems like quite solid advice to me and especially relevant in light of posts like this. It makes a lot of sense to try to “skill up” in areas that have lower barriers of entry (as long as they provide comparable or better career capital) and I like the idea that “you can go get somebody else to invest in your skilling-up process, then in a way, you’re diverting money and mentorship into EA.” This seems especially valuable since it both redirects resources of non-EA orgs that might’ve otherwise gone to skilling up people who aren’t altruistically-minded and frees up the resources of EA orgs that can now go towards developing other members of EA.