If we want to include a hits-based approach to careers, but also respect people not having EA goals as the exclusive life goal, I’d have a worry that signing this pledge is incompatible with staying in a career that the EA community subsequently decides is ineffective. This could be true even if under the information known at the time of career choice the career looked like terrific expected value.
The actual wording of the pledge seems okay under this metric, as it only promises to “seek out ways to increase the impact of my career”, so maybe this is fine as long as the pledge doesn’t rise to “switch career” in all cases.
If we want to include a hits-based approach to careers, but also respect people not having EA goals as the exclusive life goal, I’d have a worry that signing this pledge is incompatible with staying in a career that the EA community subsequently decides is ineffective. This could be true even if under the information known at the time of career choice the career looked like terrific expected value.
The actual wording of the pledge seems okay under this metric, as it only promises to “seek out ways to increase the impact of my career”, so maybe this is fine as long as the pledge doesn’t rise to “switch career” in all cases.