I guess as a personal example, I would be somewhat interested to apply to be a guest fund manager for the EA Infrastructure Fund. I’m not sure who within the EA Funds network would directly recommend or refer me to apply, hence an expression of interest form is the main way I can signal that I am interested and potentially a good fit for this role.
I think if you opened up public applications for the role, I would like to think I would be within the top 25-50% of applicants (I’m very uncertain here though, since I don’t know who I’m applying against. Also, I’m likely to just be in the average candidate range, i.e. the 50% mark). But I think there’s a small chance, maybe 5-10%, that I would be as good as the guest fund managers you would be willing to hire that apply through your private application process. And I think a 5-10% chance is good enough for me to spend up to 1 hour applying for the role.
I also want to be able to know what EA Funds looks for to gauge someone’s grantmaking skill/ability, and going through an application process with questions about this would help me learn about my own grantmaking skills/abilities/fit too.
Also, an expression of interest form should only take 10 minutes to fill out hopefully, and you can contact the top 10-30 candidates (i.e. people who have the most reputable backgrounds) who fill it up to go through a longer, 1-hour application form.
I think my background is somewhat reputable enough within the EA community, but I don’t know who in the EA Funds network would recommend me to apply to be a fund manager. And maybe there’s ~10 other people in similar situations as me who exist, a couple of which could be a good fit to be a guest fund manager, if only they were recommended/referred, or if they could signal their interest through a short form!
Overall though, I understand EA Funds’ viewpoint, and would understand if you continue to keep using a private application process. I guess someone who wanted to apply to be a guest fund manager or permanent fund manager could literally just email you though to signal that they are interested, so that they could be invited to apply. But having an expression of interest form could streamline that for you, and increase the chance that someone who’s a good fit but isn’t connected would still signal to EA Funds that they are interested.
Thanks, that makes sense! Before we can do this, we’d probably need a more reliable and faster way to screen through applications. If we develop that, it could be a good idea.
I think our current process would definitely include candidates that are as well-networked in the EA community as you are. I personally was aware of some of your work, and some of our informal advisors have talked to you before I think.
I guess as a personal example, I would be somewhat interested to apply to be a guest fund manager for the EA Infrastructure Fund. I’m not sure who within the EA Funds network would directly recommend or refer me to apply, hence an expression of interest form is the main way I can signal that I am interested and potentially a good fit for this role.
I think if you opened up public applications for the role, I would like to think I would be within the top 25-50% of applicants (I’m very uncertain here though, since I don’t know who I’m applying against. Also, I’m likely to just be in the average candidate range, i.e. the 50% mark). But I think there’s a small chance, maybe 5-10%, that I would be as good as the guest fund managers you would be willing to hire that apply through your private application process. And I think a 5-10% chance is good enough for me to spend up to 1 hour applying for the role.
I also want to be able to know what EA Funds looks for to gauge someone’s grantmaking skill/ability, and going through an application process with questions about this would help me learn about my own grantmaking skills/abilities/fit too.
Also, an expression of interest form should only take 10 minutes to fill out hopefully, and you can contact the top 10-30 candidates (i.e. people who have the most reputable backgrounds) who fill it up to go through a longer, 1-hour application form.
I think my background is somewhat reputable enough within the EA community, but I don’t know who in the EA Funds network would recommend me to apply to be a fund manager. And maybe there’s ~10 other people in similar situations as me who exist, a couple of which could be a good fit to be a guest fund manager, if only they were recommended/referred, or if they could signal their interest through a short form!
Overall though, I understand EA Funds’ viewpoint, and would understand if you continue to keep using a private application process. I guess someone who wanted to apply to be a guest fund manager or permanent fund manager could literally just email you though to signal that they are interested, so that they could be invited to apply. But having an expression of interest form could streamline that for you, and increase the chance that someone who’s a good fit but isn’t connected would still signal to EA Funds that they are interested.
Thanks, that makes sense! Before we can do this, we’d probably need a more reliable and faster way to screen through applications. If we develop that, it could be a good idea.
I think our current process would definitely include candidates that are as well-networked in the EA community as you are. I personally was aware of some of your work, and some of our informal advisors have talked to you before I think.
Got it, thanks for explaining!
By the way, EA Funds ran this application process and EA Funds now operates independently of CEA.
Thanks for clarifying! I edited my comment to say EA Funds instead of CEA now.