I do think it’s kind of insane to keep recruiting for posts like the CEO of CEA & trustees for EVF from within the same small set of long-term EAs who have all known each for at least 10 years, but does anyone seriously think this will change? I don’t.
We received over 400 nominations for the CEA CEO role, and are planning to reach out to over 100 people, roughly one third of whom have not worked in EA orgs before.[1]
I think that EA context is helpful in the role, and it is at least important that people can get up to speed quickly. But outside perspective and experience is also helpful, so we’re considering people with different degrees of EA engagement.
Could you re-post this on your quick takes (fka shortform) or somewhere? Right now it’s hidden behind a collapsed post with −22 karma. This is a good update that deserves to be seen!
Knowing a lot about EA community dynamics would definitely help you in those roles, but so would other qualities. I’m really hoping that we get a more balanced group of people in these roles over the next year or so. Maybe some of them will have been around for ten years and some for ten months.
I do think it’s kind of insane to keep recruiting for posts like the CEO of CEA & trustees for EVF from within the same small set of long-term EAs who have all known each for at least 10 years, but does anyone seriously think this will change? I don’t.
We received over 400 nominations for the CEA CEO role, and are planning to reach out to over 100 people, roughly one third of whom have not worked in EA orgs before.[1]
I think that EA context is helpful in the role, and it is at least important that people can get up to speed quickly. But outside perspective and experience is also helpful, so we’re considering people with different degrees of EA engagement.
At a quick skim, I didn’t look into this rigorously.
Could you re-post this on your quick takes (fka shortform) or somewhere? Right now it’s hidden behind a collapsed post with −22 karma. This is a good update that deserves to be seen!
That’s a great update, thanks Max!
Knowing a lot about EA community dynamics would definitely help you in those roles, but so would other qualities. I’m really hoping that we get a more balanced group of people in these roles over the next year or so. Maybe some of them will have been around for ten years and some for ten months.