Maksym Makarenko answers Career guidance needed for a career researching psychology and helping build the EA movement further

[Maksym Makarenko]

Riya, I wish you resilience, and thank you for your endeavors!
I suffer from BPD too, and want you to know: what you do matters!

Though I’m not sure about the answer to your question, lest helping you get a job, while struggling with it on my own, you may search the next materials and maybe seek advice there:

• “Psy for EA” Facebook group

• High-Impact Psychology

• EA Psychology Research

  • They’ll have an Introductory Seminar for Early Career Researchers in early 2024.

  • Also, you can apply to work with them

• Go through Effective Thesis materials

  • Subscribe to their newsletter for job updates (and more) or look directly at their board

  • Apply for their coaching

  • Find

    • A supervisor

    • Funding

    • Thesis topics (1, 2)

    • Research agendas

    • etc.

• Subscribe to 80,000 Hours’ job board and EA Opportunity Board

  • 80k’s Mental Health problem profile

  • Apply for their coaching

• Look at Happier Lives Institute and their “Work with us” page /​ their recommendations /​ subscribe to their newsletter.
  
  Hope some of it helps!