If any of the accepted FTX EA fellows think that Bahamas living is prohibitively expensive, email me at email[dot ]linch[at ]gmail.com with roughly
a) how much money you need to feel comfortable/excited to go, b) by what timeframe you need it and c) optionally, why,
and I’ll try (83% probability?) to reimburse you, within reason. I’m reasonably optimistic that I can get this covered by either FTX Foundation, or the EA funds, or somewhere else, later. If not, I’ll just eat the costs myself.
I’m unilaterally doing this in a personal capacity because there was some discussion on costs of living. It may not actually be a significant factor for anyone, but if it is, I think it feels pretty dumb for our movement that some people may be worried about costs of living in the same situation as when the CEO of a billion-dollar EA trading firm is personally reviewing applications.
It’s possible this situation(“accepted to FTX EA fellowship” + “10k subsidy and free housing insufficient to defray CoL concerns”) describes exactly zero people, but it’s hard to know this before I put the offer out.
Thank you very much for this offer. Would this also apply for people who will be accepted. Are travelling in January. And after living for one week do the calculations and see that the expense for ~6 month would be too much?
I am personally surprised by the debate around cost of living but I am also aware that I come from a naive perspective because I can live/survive of less than 1,000 $ per month (including rent and food) in Berlin, Germany.
If any of the accepted FTX EA fellows think that Bahamas living is prohibitively expensive, email me at email[dot ]linch[at ]gmail.com with roughly
a) how much money you need to feel comfortable/excited to go,
b) by what timeframe you need it and
c) optionally, why,
and I’ll try (83% probability?) to reimburse you, within reason. I’m reasonably optimistic that I can get this covered by either FTX Foundation, or the EA funds, or somewhere else, later. If not, I’ll just eat the costs myself.
I’m unilaterally doing this in a personal capacity because there was some discussion on costs of living. It may not actually be a significant factor for anyone, but if it is, I think it feels pretty dumb for our movement that some people may be worried about costs of living in the same situation as when the CEO of a billion-dollar EA trading firm is personally reviewing applications.
It’s possible this situation(“accepted to FTX EA fellowship” + “10k subsidy and free housing insufficient to defray CoL concerns”) describes exactly zero people, but it’s hard to know this before I put the offer out.
Thank you very much for this offer. Would this also apply for people who will be accepted. Are travelling in January. And after living for one week do the calculations and see that the expense for ~6 month would be too much?
I am personally surprised by the debate around cost of living but I am also aware that I come from a naive perspective because I can live/survive of less than 1,000 $ per month (including rent and food) in Berlin, Germany.
Disclosure: I applied.
Sure!