I think #1 sounds like a good bet. At this point, I get the sense that EA has more aspiring operations and management people than it can handle, so funding organizations so that more qualified people can be employed and make an impact sounds high-impact. Of course that could change in 5+ years, but I wouldn’t count on it, and your current role seems like it might lend itself to gaining useful skills for ops anyway.
#2 isn’t bad either if the opportunity comes up, but if you enjoy your work and don’t mind earning to give, I think you have a really big opportunity for counterfactual impact in option #1.
(Context: I work in operations at an EA org.)
I think #1 sounds like a good bet. At this point, I get the sense that EA has more aspiring operations and management people than it can handle, so funding organizations so that more qualified people can be employed and make an impact sounds high-impact. Of course that could change in 5+ years, but I wouldn’t count on it, and your current role seems like it might lend itself to gaining useful skills for ops anyway.
#2 isn’t bad either if the opportunity comes up, but if you enjoy your work and don’t mind earning to give, I think you have a really big opportunity for counterfactual impact in option #1.