Job profile

TagLast edit: 18 Jan 2022 18:08 UTC by Leo

Job profile posts involve people writing about their jobs — how they got the job, what they do all day, and other notes that might be valuable to people interested in similar work.

You should write about your job

Aaron Gertler 🔸19 Jul 2021 1:26 UTC

106 points

22 comments3 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Data Scientist

technicalities19 Jul 2021 10:26 UTC

63 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Communications Director

elte18 Oct 2021 7:46 UTC

36 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Research Fellow, FHI

rgb29 Jul 2021 13:53 UTC

96 points

9 comments7 min readEA link

Exploring big ideas in development economics: an interview with Ranil Dissanayake

Probably Good6 Sep 2024 13:11 UTC

39 points

1 comment11 min readEA link

(probablygood.org)

My Job: EA Office Manager

Jonathan Michel 🔸2 May 2022 18:18 UTC

136 points

7 comments6 min readEA link

Day in the Life: Anna Maybach Sullivan, Grants Associate

Coefficient Giving19 Apr 2024 17:46 UTC

20 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Day in the Life: Anna Weldon, Director of Internal Operations

Coefficient Giving24 Jun 2024 22:30 UTC

17 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Becoming an EA Architect: My First Month as an Independent Researcher

t4612 May 2022 13:01 UTC

153 points

15 comments5 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Program Director

Gavriel Kleinwaks23 Jul 2025 17:31 UTC

34 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Writing about my job: pharmaceutical chemist

Indrek Kivirik22 Jul 2021 7:48 UTC

55 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Software Engineer at Wave

David Shepherd13 Aug 2021 17:20 UTC

39 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

About my job: GiveWell Philanthropy Advisor

maggie.lloydhauser12 Sep 2023 18:17 UTC

57 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

Operations is really demanding

jwithing29 Mar 2022 1:26 UTC

73 points

16 comments4 min readEA link

Writing about my job: NGO Advocacy (UK context)

DavidZhang12 Nov 2021 13:45 UTC

18 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

The Bearable Brightness of Wellbeing: The life of an HLI researcher

JoelMcGuire8 Apr 2022 14:13 UTC

56 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

About My Job: Corporate R&D for HVAC

WobblyPanda3313 Sep 2023 6:57 UTC

21 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Writing About My Job: Co-Founder of a Longtermist Biotech Startup

kyle_fish2 Nov 2021 19:42 UTC

43 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Operations Specialist

Jess Binksmith11 Mar 2024 12:14 UTC

45 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

To PA or not to PA?

eirine🔸15 Apr 2022 15:29 UTC

105 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

Earning To Give as a Doctor in Switzerland

Nadia Montazeri11 Sep 2021 13:31 UTC

43 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Content Specialist, CEA

Aaron Gertler 🔸19 Jul 2021 1:56 UTC

65 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Economics Professor

Kevin Kuruc28 Jul 2021 19:41 UTC

89 points

12 comments5 min readEA link

Reflecting On My Career Journey

Kevin Xia 🔸21 Jul 2025 15:51 UTC

64 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Content Strategist @ CEA

Toby Tremlett🔹23 Jul 2025 10:40 UTC

40 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

Talent identification as an underappreciated career option

Ambitious Impact27 May 2024 14:09 UTC

50 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

Writing about your job is (still) great — consider doing it

Lizka8 Sep 2023 8:04 UTC

34 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

What is it like to work at GiveWell?

GiveWell12 Mar 2019 8:51 UTC

24 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

(blog.givewell.org)

Writing about my job: Internet Blogger

AppliedDivinityStudies19 Jul 2021 20:24 UTC

88 points

12 comments5 min readEA link

A new interview series with people doing impactful work

Probably Good20 Aug 2024 15:23 UTC

68 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Day in the Life: Alex Bowles, Senior Program Associate — Science and Global Health R&D

Coefficient Giving17 Apr 2024 21:20 UTC

33 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Writing about my job: Co-founder of a new charity (early stage)

SofiaBalderson13 Sep 2023 9:57 UTC

61 points

10 comments11 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Executive Director of a small international nonprofit

SofiaBalderson23 Jul 2025 10:52 UTC

42 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

Day in the Life: Abhi Kumar, Program Associate — Farm Animal Welfare

Coefficient Giving18 Apr 2024 20:08 UTC

51 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Ideological tensions between Effective Altruism and The UK Civil Service

KZ X9 Aug 2022 22:32 UTC

25 points

1 comment17 min readEA link

How I got an entry-level role in Congress

new_staffer12 Apr 2021 4:10 UTC

121 points

6 comments9 min readEA link

My first PhD year

Jaime Sevilla31 Aug 2021 11:31 UTC

65 points

2 comments10 min readEA link

Writing about my job: research manager at the China Vegan Society

Rakefet Cohen Ben-Arye 🔸24 Jul 2025 7:31 UTC

27 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Web Developer

mrk6 Aug 2021 17:09 UTC

23 points

5 comments9 min readEA link

About my job: “Content Specialist”

Lizka8 Sep 2023 18:55 UTC

66 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Policy Analyst

Andy Morgan 🔸15 Mar 2022 9:29 UTC

47 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

Writing About My Job: Research Manager

Joseph6 Oct 2025 15:16 UTC

27 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Military Service as an Option to Build Career Capital

Molly9 Aug 2022 20:22 UTC

180 points

33 comments17 min readEA link

Announcing my departure from CEA (& sharing assorted notes)

Lizka3 Oct 2024 18:30 UTC

193 points

8 comments12 min readEA link

My experience as a CLR grantee and visiting researcher at CSER

Jaime Sevilla29 Apr 2020 19:03 UTC

99 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Academic Researcher

Kyle Smith11 Sep 2023 15:47 UTC

31 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Why don’t all EA-suggested organizations disclose salary in job descriptions?

Cassidy28 Sep 2022 22:42 UTC

50 points

18 comments3 min readEA link

Operations in AI Safety: A One-Year Perspective and Advice

mick24 Jul 2025 12:39 UTC

20 points

0 comments10 min readEA link

(mickzijdel.com)

About My Job: Staff Support Associate

Phoebe F Freidin15 Sep 2023 14:00 UTC

44 points

2 comments8 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Operations Manager

Joy Bittner26 Jan 2022 14:06 UTC

146 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

My Experience as a Full-Time EA Community Builder in NYC

ark 🔸25 Jul 2024 19:46 UTC

74 points

6 comments13 min readEA link

Career Conversations Week: July 21-27

Toby Tremlett🔹8 Jul 2025 9:52 UTC

60 points

15 comments2 min readEA link

About my job: Head of Marketing @ Spark Wave

yanni14 Sep 2023 4:37 UTC

9 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Subforum Organizer Roles and Responsibilities

Sharang Phadke21 Dec 2022 22:35 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Writing about my job on Open Philanthropy’s Global Aid Policy program + related career opportunities

Sam Anschell12 Apr 2024 23:35 UTC

141 points

2 comments12 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Growth lead at a startup in Kenya

Luke Eure10 Sep 2023 17:33 UTC

65 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

Writing about my job: Data Scientist, CDC

QubitSwarm9916 Sep 2023 5:21 UTC

14 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

My Professional Journey in a High-Impact Career (Just Getting Started)

Victoria Dias7 May 2025 15:28 UTC

6 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

About my job: “Plans Officer”

Weaver10 Sep 2023 14:47 UTC

42 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

How To Become A Professional Software Developer

Yonatan Cale25 Mar 2022 13:28 UTC

41 points

23 comments9 min readEA link

What I’m doing

Chris Leong19 Jul 2022 11:31 UTC

28 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Expanding EA’s AI Builder Community—Writing about my job

Alejandro Acelas 🔸21 Jul 2025 8:22 UTC

26 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Job Profile Recruiter

PV23 Aug 2022 8:16 UTC

21 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Job Profile: Project Manager

SofiaBalderson12 Feb 2022 13:32 UTC

32 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

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