Meta-comment—this is a great question. Probably there are many similar questions about difficult prioritisation decisions that EAs normally try to solve individually (and which many, myself included, won’t be very deliberate and systematic about). More discussions and estimates about such decisions could be helpful.
Agree. I guess most EA orgs have thought about this. Some superficially and some extensively. If someone who feels like they have a good grasp on these and other management/prioritization questions, writing a “Basic EA org handbook” could be pretty high impact.
Something like “please don’t repeat these rookie mistakes” would already save thousands of EA hours.
Max Dalton (CEA) gave a talk about this at EAG London 2021 - help find your dream colleague, going through the pros and cons and giving some arguments for using some of your time for mentoring.
Meta-comment—this is a great question. Probably there are many similar questions about difficult prioritisation decisions that EAs normally try to solve individually (and which many, myself included, won’t be very deliberate and systematic about). More discussions and estimates about such decisions could be helpful.
Agree. I guess most EA orgs have thought about this. Some superficially and some extensively. If someone who feels like they have a good grasp on these and other management/prioritization questions, writing a “Basic EA org handbook” could be pretty high impact.
Something like “please don’t repeat these rookie mistakes” would already save thousands of EA hours.
Max Dalton (CEA) gave a talk about this at EAG London 2021 - help find your dream colleague, going through the pros and cons and giving some arguments for using some of your time for mentoring.
thanks for the link!