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 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.