I think it would be cool to get an update from you, Ryan. I frequently think to myself “Ryan has tried a bunch of things between earning to give and working for CEA, and now I’m not really sure what he’s up to, but if he would just outline his thoughts on that, that would be really neat!” And then I think to myself that I should just ask you to Skype, but I forget.
My short version is that I nominally spent a quarter of 2015 on each of medical work, being at Leverage, being at 80k and being a student in Imperial’s M Sc of Bioinformatics.
Voluntarily, I’ve run this forum and helped CSER.
Of those, I think helping CSER has gone best, while medical work, MSc and 80k have also gone ok.
My favourite achievement of the year has been studying machine learning. The bottom line is that I’m unclear where the best place for me to be is on a scale between researching medical imaging algorithms academically, making some kind of health AI company, working in research assistance/management for CSER or earning to give in medicine and I expect to have a better idea by the time I finish the degree in 9 months.
Huh. I haven’t done these because I figured everything I’ve done recently has been available to e.g. people who read my blog. (Also because I don’t use Toggl like Peter does so they would be way less exciting/factual.) What kind of stuff would you (or Peter) want to see?
PS While we’re on the subject, you should blog more!
I’d be interested in what you’re doing, which skills you’re using, how it compares to some plausible alternatives in interestingness/usefulness/likely progression, and any valuable tips you’d give to someone similar to you e.g. graduating from math that weren’t obvious at the time.
I’ll likely blog more when some perspective seems neglected by posters here or when I have a new project to plan and promote.
I think it would be cool to get an update from you, Ryan. I frequently think to myself “Ryan has tried a bunch of things between earning to give and working for CEA, and now I’m not really sure what he’s up to, but if he would just outline his thoughts on that, that would be really neat!” And then I think to myself that I should just ask you to Skype, but I forget.
I also do the same thing with Ben Kuhn.
Yeah, I also wonder about Ben from time to time.
My short version is that I nominally spent a quarter of 2015 on each of medical work, being at Leverage, being at 80k and being a student in Imperial’s M Sc of Bioinformatics.
Voluntarily, I’ve run this forum and helped CSER.
Of those, I think helping CSER has gone best, while medical work, MSc and 80k have also gone ok.
My favourite achievement of the year has been studying machine learning. The bottom line is that I’m unclear where the best place for me to be is on a scale between researching medical imaging algorithms academically, making some kind of health AI company, working in research assistance/management for CSER or earning to give in medicine and I expect to have a better idea by the time I finish the degree in 9 months.
Huh. I haven’t done these because I figured everything I’ve done recently has been available to e.g. people who read my blog. (Also because I don’t use Toggl like Peter does so they would be way less exciting/factual.) What kind of stuff would you (or Peter) want to see?
PS While we’re on the subject, you should blog more!
I’d be interested in what you’re doing, which skills you’re using, how it compares to some plausible alternatives in interestingness/usefulness/likely progression, and any valuable tips you’d give to someone similar to you e.g. graduating from math that weren’t obvious at the time.
I’ll likely blog more when some perspective seems neglected by posters here or when I have a new project to plan and promote.
Agree with Ryan here, Ben. I’d love to hear more about Theorem LP, your future plans, path to impact, any EA side projects, etc.
Awesome, thanks! I look forward to further updates. And we definitely should talk more about machine learning (and start-ups) sometime.