Yeah, good pointâI guess a more directed version of âPeople giving career advice or mentorship to people interested in EA-aligned research careers mention this as one way of testing fit, having impact, etc.â is just people encouraging people they manage to do this, or maybe even hiring people with this partly in mind.
Though I think that that wouldnât capture most of the potential value of this idea, since part of whatâs good about is that, as you say, this idea:
requires relatively little training/âguidance from external mentors, meaning
our movement devotes less scarce mentorship resources into this
people with worse social skills/ânetwork/âgeographical situation donât feel (as much) at a disadvantage for getting the relevant training
(People whoâve already gone through a hiring process and have an at least somewhat more experienced researcher managing them will have an easier time than other people in testing fit, having impact, building skills, etc. in other ways as well.)
Yeah I agree that a major upside to this idea (and a key differentiator between it and other proposed interventions for fixing early stages of the research pipeline) is that it ought to be doable without as much guidance from external mentors. I guess my own willingness to suggest this as an intern project suggests that I believe it must comparatively be even more exciting for people without external guidance.
Yeah, good pointâI guess a more directed version of âPeople giving career advice or mentorship to people interested in EA-aligned research careers mention this as one way of testing fit, having impact, etc.â is just people encouraging people they manage to do this, or maybe even hiring people with this partly in mind.
Though I think that that wouldnât capture most of the potential value of this idea, since part of whatâs good about is that, as you say, this idea:
(People whoâve already gone through a hiring process and have an at least somewhat more experienced researcher managing them will have an easier time than other people in testing fit, having impact, building skills, etc. in other ways as well.)
Yeah I agree that a major upside to this idea (and a key differentiator between it and other proposed interventions for fixing early stages of the research pipeline) is that it ought to be doable without as much guidance from external mentors. I guess my own willingness to suggest this as an intern project suggests that I believe it must comparatively be even more exciting for people without external guidance.