Several of CEAâs new hires over the past couple of years have been people older than 30 with no prior EA experience, who in at least some cases were responding to materials that were âbroadâ enough to include them in the discussion. This doesnât necessarily mean that we should be investing a lot of effort into reaching experienced people, but they do apply for first-time EA jobs!
Two examples of impressive older people switching into EA work (no comment on how much impact theyâve had in their roles):
Open Philanthropyâs Beth Jones (led ops for Hillary Clintonâs campaign, worked on Obamaâs staff)
ex-MIRI staffer Edward Kmett, one of the worldâs foremost Haskell programmers, who worked there for ~3 years
Several of CEAâs new hires over the past couple of years have been people older than 30 with no prior EA experience, who in at least some cases were responding to materials that were âbroadâ enough to include them in the discussion. This doesnât necessarily mean that we should be investing a lot of effort into reaching experienced people, but they do apply for first-time EA jobs!
Two examples of impressive older people switching into EA work (no comment on how much impact theyâve had in their roles):
Open Philanthropyâs Beth Jones (led ops for Hillary Clintonâs campaign, worked on Obamaâs staff)
ex-MIRI staffer Edward Kmett, one of the worldâs foremost Haskell programmers, who worked there for ~3 years