What were the main reasons for this decision? Was this motivated by how much you could earn in a typical zero-impact tech job? I mean—would you still “quit trying to have direct impact” if your zero-impact tech job wouldn’t leave you with much extra money to donate?
The main reason for this decision is that I failed to have (enough) direct impact.
Also, I was working on vague projects (like attempting AI Safety research), almost alone (I’m very social), with unclear progress, during covid, this was bad for my mental health.
Also, a friend invited me to join working with him, I asked if I could do a two week trial period first, everyone said yes, it was really great, and the rest is (last month’s) history
What were the main reasons for this decision?
Was this motivated by how much you could earn in a typical zero-impact tech job? I mean—would you still “quit trying to have direct impact” if your zero-impact tech job wouldn’t leave you with much extra money to donate?
The main reason for this decision is that I failed to have (enough) direct impact.
Also, I was working on vague projects (like attempting AI Safety research), almost alone (I’m very social), with unclear progress, during covid, this was bad for my mental health.
Also, a friend invited me to join working with him, I asked if I could do a two week trial period first, everyone said yes, it was really great, and the rest is (last month’s) history