I’m sorry you had such a frustrating experience. The work of yours I’ve seen has been excellent, and I hope you find a place to use your skills within EA (or keep crushing it in other places where you have the chance to make an impact).
Some hiring processes definitely revolve around value alignment, but I also know a lot of people hired at major orgs who didn’t have any particular connection to EA, and who seem to just be really good at what they do. “Hire good people, alignment is secondary” still feels like the most common approach based on the processes I’ve seen and been involved with, but my data is anecdata (and may be less applicable to meta-focused positions, I suppose).
I’m sorry you had such a frustrating experience. The work of yours I’ve seen has been excellent, and I hope you find a place to use your skills within EA (or keep crushing it in other places where you have the chance to make an impact).
Some hiring processes definitely revolve around value alignment, but I also know a lot of people hired at major orgs who didn’t have any particular connection to EA, and who seem to just be really good at what they do. “Hire good people, alignment is secondary” still feels like the most common approach based on the processes I’ve seen and been involved with, but my data is anecdata (and may be less applicable to meta-focused positions, I suppose).