Hi there, I think how quickly to hire is a really complex question. It would be best to read the notes on how quickly we think we should expand each of our programmes in our annual review as well as some of the comments in the summary.
Just quickly on the comparison with GiveWell, I think we’re on a fairly similar trajectory to them, except that GiveWell started 4-5 years earlier, so it might be more accurate to compare us to GiveWell in 2015. We are planning to reach ~25 staff, though it will take several more years. Another difference is that we allocate across a wider range of programmes (headhunting, advising, job board etc.), so even if we were the same size as GiveWell, we wouldn’t be doing as much research and content.
The out-of-date content is a problem that bugs me, though. One improvement we’ve made recently is that all the bottom lines are now kept up-to-date on the key ideas page.
Hi there, I think how quickly to hire is a really complex question. It would be best to read the notes on how quickly we think we should expand each of our programmes in our annual review as well as some of the comments in the summary.
Just quickly on the comparison with GiveWell, I think we’re on a fairly similar trajectory to them, except that GiveWell started 4-5 years earlier, so it might be more accurate to compare us to GiveWell in 2015. We are planning to reach ~25 staff, though it will take several more years. Another difference is that we allocate across a wider range of programmes (headhunting, advising, job board etc.), so even if we were the same size as GiveWell, we wouldn’t be doing as much research and content.
The out-of-date content is a problem that bugs me, though. One improvement we’ve made recently is that all the bottom lines are now kept up-to-date on the key ideas page.
For those who are curious,
in April 2015, GiveWell had 18 full-time staff, while
80,000 Hours currently has a CEO, a president, 11 core team members, and two freelancers and works with four CEA staff.
We have 12.7 FTE of full-time staff, and 1.4 FTE of freelancers.
FTE = full-time-equivalent.