Hello,
my name is Evan Gaensbauer. Some of you using this forum may already know me from Facebook, or the 2014 Effective Altruism Summit. I couldn’t find an introductions thread, so I’m posting my introduction here. About me:
*I live in Vancouver, Canada, where I sometimes organize rationality, and effective altruism, meetups.
I’m a member of 80,000 Hours just beginning my career, and I expect I will end up earning to give. I know there are a lot of other options, but I can’t identify a special set of skills that would place me among the top performers for another category, and I don’t intend to become a researcher by going through graduate school within at least the next couple of years. However, I’m a generally competent student who could be trained in some career which can earn me enough money to donate a large portion of my income! If you know of another career you believe I should consider pursuing, please let me know!
I’m an alumnus of the July 2013 CFAR workshop.
As a member of 80,000 Hours, I’ve pledged to donate at least 10% of my lifetime pre-tax income to the most effective charity I can identify to the best of my ability. Personally, my goal is to aim for 30% of my lifetime income. Ideally, I would like to donate more, but as of writing this, my future earnings seem to uncertain for me to feel comfortable committing to a higher percentage.
As a direct result of effective altruism, I’ve previously $20 to the Schistoscomiasis Control Initiative, $15 to the Against Malaria Foundation, $50 to the CFAR, and $1000 in unrestricted donations to Givewell.
Hello, my name is Evan Gaensbauer. Some of you using this forum may already know me from Facebook, or the 2014 Effective Altruism Summit. I couldn’t find an introductions thread, so I’m posting my introduction here. About me:
*I live in Vancouver, Canada, where I sometimes organize rationality, and effective altruism, meetups.
I’m a member of 80,000 Hours just beginning my career, and I expect I will end up earning to give. I know there are a lot of other options, but I can’t identify a special set of skills that would place me among the top performers for another category, and I don’t intend to become a researcher by going through graduate school within at least the next couple of years. However, I’m a generally competent student who could be trained in some career which can earn me enough money to donate a large portion of my income! If you know of another career you believe I should consider pursuing, please let me know!
I’m an alumnus of the July 2013 CFAR workshop.
As a member of 80,000 Hours, I’ve pledged to donate at least 10% of my lifetime pre-tax income to the most effective charity I can identify to the best of my ability. Personally, my goal is to aim for 30% of my lifetime income. Ideally, I would like to donate more, but as of writing this, my future earnings seem to uncertain for me to feel comfortable committing to a higher percentage.
As a direct result of effective altruism, I’ve previously $20 to the Schistoscomiasis Control Initiative, $15 to the Against Malaria Foundation, $50 to the CFAR, and $1000 in unrestricted donations to Givewell.
I’d add to that and say I think an introductions thread would be awesome.