Iâm not sure I count as âseniorâ, but I could understand some reluctance even if âall expenses paidâ.
I consider my EAG(x) participation as an act of community service. Although there are diffuse benefits, I do not get that much out of it myself, professionally speaking. This is not that surprising: contacts at EAG (or knowledge at EAG, etc. etc.) matter a lot less on the margin of several years spent working in the field than just starting out. I spend most of my time at EAG trying to be helpfulâtypically, through the medium of several hours of 1-1s each day. I find this fulfilling, but not leisurely.
So from the selfish perspective EAG feels pretty marginal either re. âprofessional developmentâ or âfunâ. Iâd guess many could be dissuaded by small frictions. Non-hub locations probably fit the bill: âOh, I could visit [hub] for EAG, and meet my professional contacts in [hub] whilst Iâm in townâ is a lot more tempting to the minds eye than a dedicated trip for EAG alone.
Iâm not sure I count as âseniorâ, but I could understand some reluctance even if âall expenses paidâ.
I consider my EAG(x) participation as an act of community service. Although there are diffuse benefits, I do not get that much out of it myself, professionally speaking. This is not that surprising: contacts at EAG (or knowledge at EAG, etc. etc.) matter a lot less on the margin of several years spent working in the field than just starting out. I spend most of my time at EAG trying to be helpfulâtypically, through the medium of several hours of 1-1s each day. I find this fulfilling, but not leisurely.
So from the selfish perspective EAG feels pretty marginal either re. âprofessional developmentâ or âfunâ. Iâd guess many could be dissuaded by small frictions. Non-hub locations probably fit the bill: âOh, I could visit [hub] for EAG, and meet my professional contacts in [hub] whilst Iâm in townâ is a lot more tempting to the minds eye than a dedicated trip for EAG alone.