If it helps at all, I solidly reckon that leadership skill development remains one of the best ways to get to the most impactful jobs later in your career, and that most leadership skill development can take place just fine outside of EA.
I think Iâll have to move outside of EA if I donât get hired soon. Somebody else posted on the Forum recently asking for stories of people whoâd left and then come back at a later stage. I didnât see anyone replying and I wonder how often that happens.
I know of several who have gone down the non-EA PhD route and returned to longtermist researcher roles.
I expect those who find stable, very-well-paid increasingly-senior work they enjoy elsewhere donât return, of if they do itâs as an EtG donor rather than taking the pay cut implied by an EA-internal job.
I wouldnât exactly count those kinds of people as ânot impactfulâ though. I imagine theyâre out there doing a bunch of good.
Ok, I shouldâve clarified to only include professional changes, as in somebody who worked for an EA org, worked somewhere else, and then returned to an EA org in a presumably more senior position.
I expect the same as youâonce professionals have left, they donât or seldom come back. But thatâs my speculation only.
I solidly imagine that itâs a combination of whatever made you leave, and the fact that once youâre out you have no inertial drive pushing you to stay.
I hope you find a good job soon.
If it helps at all, I solidly reckon that leadership skill development remains one of the best ways to get to the most impactful jobs later in your career, and that most leadership skill development can take place just fine outside of EA.
Thanks Kestrel!
I think Iâll have to move outside of EA if I donât get hired soon. Somebody else posted on the Forum recently asking for stories of people whoâd left and then come back at a later stage. I didnât see anyone replying and I wonder how often that happens.
I know of several who have gone down the non-EA PhD route and returned to longtermist researcher roles.
I expect those who find stable, very-well-paid increasingly-senior work they enjoy elsewhere donât return, of if they do itâs as an EtG donor rather than taking the pay cut implied by an EA-internal job.
I wouldnât exactly count those kinds of people as ânot impactfulâ though. I imagine theyâre out there doing a bunch of good.
Ok, I shouldâve clarified to only include professional changes, as in somebody who worked for an EA org, worked somewhere else, and then returned to an EA org in a presumably more senior position.
I expect the same as youâonce professionals have left, they donât or seldom come back. But thatâs my speculation only.
I solidly imagine that itâs a combination of whatever made you leave, and the fact that once youâre out you have no inertial drive pushing you to stay.