Open to just about anything. I lean a little more toward global health and wellbeing but I think longtermist focuses are important too and would be happy to contribute to either.
Availability
I’d most likely be available within about two months of receiving an offer.
Looking for
I’m primarily looking for full time work, and I think I would enjoy doing anything that fits well with my skills, though I am looking mainly for something different from engineering.
I think I’d be a good fit for and enjoy roles that involve research, writing, and/or forecasting.
I’d also enjoy roles that involve coding or building tools, though I don’t have a lot of formal experience with those things so I might not be as good of a fit there.
Experience with EA
I’ve been aware of and interested in EA for a few years, though I’ve only started looking into it more closely in the past few months. I’d describe myself as someone who was a lurker on the periphery of EA and is now trying to get more involved.
If anyone has any feedback or suggestions for me I’d appreciate it as well. Feel free to message me or submit feedback anonymously at this link.
Update July 19, 2022 - I’ve accepted an employment offer and am currently not seeking a new role
Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Skills:
Forecasting
Pro forecaster at INFER, top 50 on Metaculus
Writing and analysis
Several essays in the Metaculus Journal (including an essay which won first place out of seven submissions in the Szilard Fortified Essay Contest)
Some others on my blog such as a deep-dive into the Citizens United Supreme Court case
Self-taught working knowledge of HTML and R
Created my own website hosted on Github
Used R and Github Actions to create automatically updating data visualizations such as this one about semiconductor trade between the US and China
Worked as a bridge engineer for the last 6 years
Resume: https://www.ryanbeckauthor.com/assets/resume.pdf
Email: ryooan@gmail.com
Notes:
Cause Areas
Open to just about anything. I lean a little more toward global health and wellbeing but I think longtermist focuses are important too and would be happy to contribute to either.
Availability
I’d most likely be available within about two months of receiving an offer.
Looking for
I’m primarily looking for full time work, and I think I would enjoy doing anything that fits well with my skills, though I am looking mainly for something different from engineering.
I think I’d be a good fit for and enjoy roles that involve research, writing, and/or forecasting.
I’d also enjoy roles that involve coding or building tools, though I don’t have a lot of formal experience with those things so I might not be as good of a fit there.
Experience with EA
I’ve been aware of and interested in EA for a few years, though I’ve only started looking into it more closely in the past few months. I’d describe myself as someone who was a lurker on the periphery of EA and is now trying to get more involved.
If anyone has any feedback or suggestions for me I’d appreciate it as well. Feel free to message me or submit feedback anonymously at this link.
Edited on June 1, 2022 to add the notes section.