I am about 2-3 months old into knowing EA. I was going through the bio of a professor who impressed me in a virtual lecture and her bio stated that she had pledged a part of her income to EA. That’s where I first stumbled upon the name ‘Effective Altruism’ and it caught my attention immediately. The name says a lot. Thus, one thing led to the other as I continued browsing and reading about it, and here I am today.
Not knowing what I would do after my undergraduate studies, I knew one thing, I wanted to be able to help others as part of my profession. This led me to get my post-graduation degree in social work. I continued working in a variety of areas from human trafficking, children with intellectual disability, community development, counseling, capacity building of counselors, school social work, designing and carrying out researches in different areas, and teaching research methodology to post-grad students.
Thereafter I took a long break in my career and long story short, here I am trying to find my way back. For the past year, I have been educating myself through various online courses in computational social science, research methods, data, and development policy. Childhood poverty is one of the areas where I am keenly interested in working. Reading about EA brought my focus to concerns of farmed animal welfare part of which were there at the back of my mind but, thanks to EA work, got to the fore now. I also got to know a lot about longtermism issues that I didn’t know much about earlier.
I am looking forward to interacting with members here and learn a lot. I am open to discussions, volunteering or assisting/liaison with anyone on interesting EA-related projects.
Join the EA Newsletter to get regular updates on different causes, events, etc.
Browse through the EA Intro Program, a collection of articles on different topics that were selected for being among the best we have. It’s a lot of material, but I’d recommend skipping around to whatever looks interesting.
And if you’re ever looking for something to read on a specific topic, open threads are a great place to ask about that.
Hi,
I am about 2-3 months old into knowing EA. I was going through the bio of a professor who impressed me in a virtual lecture and her bio stated that she had pledged a part of her income to EA. That’s where I first stumbled upon the name ‘Effective Altruism’ and it caught my attention immediately. The name says a lot. Thus, one thing led to the other as I continued browsing and reading about it, and here I am today.
Not knowing what I would do after my undergraduate studies, I knew one thing, I wanted to be able to help others as part of my profession. This led me to get my post-graduation degree in social work. I continued working in a variety of areas from human trafficking, children with intellectual disability, community development, counseling, capacity building of counselors, school social work, designing and carrying out researches in different areas, and teaching research methodology to post-grad students.
Thereafter I took a long break in my career and long story short, here I am trying to find my way back. For the past year, I have been educating myself through various online courses in computational social science, research methods, data, and development policy. Childhood poverty is one of the areas where I am keenly interested in working. Reading about EA brought my focus to concerns of farmed animal welfare part of which were there at the back of my mind but, thanks to EA work, got to the fore now. I also got to know a lot about longtermism issues that I didn’t know much about earlier.
I am looking forward to interacting with members here and learn a lot. I am open to discussions, volunteering or assisting/liaison with anyone on interesting EA-related projects.
Thanks,
Naghma
Welcome Naghma! It is great to have you here and learn about your background and interests.
A belated welcome, Naghma!
A couple of recommendations for learning more:
Join the EA Newsletter to get regular updates on different causes, events, etc.
Browse through the EA Intro Program, a collection of articles on different topics that were selected for being among the best we have. It’s a lot of material, but I’d recommend skipping around to whatever looks interesting.
And if you’re ever looking for something to read on a specific topic, open threads are a great place to ask about that.