I think your career story is one of the best examples of not needing formal background/study to do well or become well-versed in multiple EA causes, since from a hedge fund background, you started and led GiveWell, and now you oversee important work across multiple causes with Open Philanthropy. What do you think helped you significantly to learn and achieve these things? Did you have a mindset or mantras you repeated to yourself, or a learning process you followed?
I think your career story is one of the best examples of not needing formal background/study to do well or become well-versed in multiple EA causes, since from a hedge fund background, you started and led GiveWell, and now you oversee important work across multiple causes with Open Philanthropy. What do you think helped you significantly to learn and achieve these things? Did you have a mindset or mantras you repeated to yourself, or a learning process you followed?