Anecdotally, a lot of student EAs felt like they don’t really know what to do, and they’re not fully satisfied with the career options that are out there. People who aren’t interested in the “hot” EA topics (e.g., AI safety, longtermism) seemed especially unsure about what to do, or even if they “could” pursue a career within EA.
We (the Local Career Advice Network) noticed this phenomenon when research career advice bottlenecks in EA community, and have termed it “Personal Uncertainty” (see here)
I think definitely applies to non-student EAs as well (also anecdotally!) and could be caused by a lot of different factors including different cause area interests, a lack of freedom of movement to the US/UK and lack of flexible career capital.
We (the Local Career Advice Network) noticed this phenomenon when research career advice bottlenecks in EA community, and have termed it “Personal Uncertainty” (see here)
I think definitely applies to non-student EAs as well (also anecdotally!) and could be caused by a lot of different factors including different cause area interests, a lack of freedom of movement to the US/UK and lack of flexible career capital.