1) I think it’s important to try to specify exactly what 80k can improve. They’re an extremely busy organization that doesn’t have time for everything they’d like to do, so they can only improve if we can identify specific high-leverage uses of their time. General hopes for higher accuracy or helpfulness are likely not actionable.
2) I definitely agree with the worries about competition. I’ve been quite surprised to see how difficult it is to get hired at many EA orgs, often with <5% of applicants getting offers. Because people are often making years of plans based on thinking they have a realistic chance of working at these organizations, it’s important that they understand their true chances. I think 80k should try to better publicize acceptance rates for certain jobs, and if possible the types of resumes and experience that are really necessary to be accepted.
1) I think it’s important to try to specify exactly what 80k can improve. They’re an extremely busy organization that doesn’t have time for everything they’d like to do, so they can only improve if we can identify specific high-leverage uses of their time. General hopes for higher accuracy or helpfulness are likely not actionable.
2) I definitely agree with the worries about competition. I’ve been quite surprised to see how difficult it is to get hired at many EA orgs, often with <5% of applicants getting offers. Because people are often making years of plans based on thinking they have a realistic chance of working at these organizations, it’s important that they understand their true chances. I think 80k should try to better publicize acceptance rates for certain jobs, and if possible the types of resumes and experience that are really necessary to be accepted.
On 2), note there’s discussion about this here.