I work with really excellent people (both at CEA, and the various people I meet through my Forum/content work).
Good management policy — I feel guided, encouraged, and constantly pushed to do better, but not in a draining or net-negative stressful way.
Lots of ways to do the job — many projects could be a good fit for my goals, there’s a constant flow of new options and ideas I can try to implement.
Negatives:
Lots of ways to do the job (the dark side) — I’m aware that some optimal version of me could probably have 10x the impact in exactly this role, and it’s difficult to find enough time and focus to move closer to being that person. I’m acutely aware of the skills I lack, and the way my personal preferences can push me towards work I enjoy rather than work I expect to have the best possible long-term impact.
The sense of being a “public face” — no matter how many epistemic statuses I employ, it’s still easy for my personal views to be taken as CEA’s (or the community’s in general, when I write things for public consumption).
The level of meta I often work at — it’s easy to lose contact with the purpose of my job, and my love for EA, when I’m spending most of my time copyediting or testing Mailchimp formatting or counting engagement hours, rather than feeling directly responsible for any specific person being helped (or any useful longtermist initiative being launched, etc.)
Positives:
I work with really excellent people (both at CEA, and the various people I meet through my Forum/content work).
Good management policy — I feel guided, encouraged, and constantly pushed to do better, but not in a draining or net-negative stressful way.
Lots of ways to do the job — many projects could be a good fit for my goals, there’s a constant flow of new options and ideas I can try to implement.
Negatives:
Lots of ways to do the job (the dark side) — I’m aware that some optimal version of me could probably have 10x the impact in exactly this role, and it’s difficult to find enough time and focus to move closer to being that person. I’m acutely aware of the skills I lack, and the way my personal preferences can push me towards work I enjoy rather than work I expect to have the best possible long-term impact.
The sense of being a “public face” — no matter how many epistemic statuses I employ, it’s still easy for my personal views to be taken as CEA’s (or the community’s in general, when I write things for public consumption).
The level of meta I often work at — it’s easy to lose contact with the purpose of my job, and my love for EA, when I’m spending most of my time copyediting or testing Mailchimp formatting or counting engagement hours, rather than feeling directly responsible for any specific person being helped (or any useful longtermist initiative being launched, etc.)