Are there any first person pieces on someone about successfully changing careers in order to earn to give? There have been several stories discussing the topic over the past few years but these all seem to be descriptive, third person accounts, or normative analysis.
Even if not, if you’ve actually made such a change could you please publicly share your story. I’d like to hear it and I’d bet many others would too.
That would count but I should have been more broad in my statement anyway. People like the “here’s what I did and why I did it narrative” and earning to give could use more of these stories in general. I think a variety of them showing different perspectives for people in different positions and different abilities would be a boon.
Btw, I was quite wrong about there being no first person accounts as, for one, Chris Hallquist has writtenabout this extensively.
That counts. And, as I said above to Ben, I should have been more broad anyway. I just think we can use more first-person narratives about earning to give to present the idea as less of an abstraction.
Of course, I could be wrong and those who would consider earning to give at all (or would be moved to donate more because of hearing such a story) would be equally swayed by a third person analysis of why it is a good idea for some people.
Are there any first person pieces on someone about successfully changing careers in order to earn to give? There have been several stories discussing the topic over the past few years but these all seem to be descriptive, third person accounts, or normative analysis.
Even if not, if you’ve actually made such a change could you please publicly share your story. I’d like to hear it and I’d bet many others would too.
How broadly do you define “changing careers”? I, for example, switched from being a developer to founding a company for E2G reasons.
That would count but I should have been more broad in my statement anyway. People like the “here’s what I did and why I did it narrative” and earning to give could use more of these stories in general. I think a variety of them showing different perspectives for people in different positions and different abilities would be a boon.
Btw, I was quite wrong about there being no first person accounts as, for one, Chris Hallquist has written about this extensively.
One of these first-person style stories could get into Vox or somewhere nice because a lot of people might like to read it.
I didn’t change my career, but I did dramatically change my career plans, twice.
That counts. And, as I said above to Ben, I should have been more broad anyway. I just think we can use more first-person narratives about earning to give to present the idea as less of an abstraction.
Of course, I could be wrong and those who would consider earning to give at all (or would be moved to donate more because of hearing such a story) would be equally swayed by a third person analysis of why it is a good idea for some people.