Very interesting thank you. I was surprised to read that recruiters valued non-formal forecasting experience highly. Do you have this on your CV? If so, how do you phrase it in a way that’s legible to lay-people?
I should have chosen a clearer phrase than “not through formal channels”. What I meant was that my much of my forecasting work and experiences came about through my participation on Metaculus, which is “outside” of academia; this participation did not manifest as forecasting publications or assistantships (as would be done through a Masters or PhD program), but rather as my track record (linked in CV to Metaculus profile) and my GitHub repositories. There was also a forecasting tournament I won, which I also linked on the CV.
Very interesting thank you. I was surprised to read that recruiters valued non-formal forecasting experience highly. Do you have this on your CV? If so, how do you phrase it in a way that’s legible to lay-people?
I should have chosen a clearer phrase than “not through formal channels”. What I meant was that my much of my forecasting work and experiences came about through my participation on Metaculus, which is “outside” of academia; this participation did not manifest as forecasting publications or assistantships (as would be done through a Masters or PhD program), but rather as my track record (linked in CV to Metaculus profile) and my GitHub repositories. There was also a forecasting tournament I won, which I also linked on the CV.