“ask not what you can do for EA, but what EA can do for you”
like, you don’t support EA causes or orgs because they want you to and you’re acquiescing, you support them because you want to help people and you believe supporting the org will do that – when you work an EA job, instead of thinking “I am helping them have an impact”, think “they are helping me have an impact”
of course there is some nuance in this but I think broadly this perspective is the more neglected one
“ask not what you can do for EA, but what EA can do for you”
like, you don’t support EA causes or orgs because they want you to and you’re acquiescing, you support them because you want to help people and you believe supporting the org will do that – when you work an EA job, instead of thinking “I am helping them have an impact”, think “they are helping me have an impact”
of course there is some nuance in this but I think broadly this perspective is the more neglected one