Aspiring EA from Netherlands (Indian by birth)
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Hi Luke, is there a meetup link? or an easy to add link to the calendar?One thing I miss is if the event is this sunday?Luke,
Perhaps add the date to this post and advertise the link you have given as a registration to the event. Thanks. :)
P.S. Once registered the calendar link is generated.
Link does not work: www.teachingyouhowtolearn.com
Thanks a lot for your response. I think 80000hours has actually “sort of withdrawn their conclusions” from that post about extra donations and recent hires.
It wouldn’t be surprising if the respondents were simply wrong. Our impression is that most of the answers were given with just a couple of minutes of reflection, and so mainly reflect a gut intuition. There’s not much reason to expect these intuitions to be accurate on average in this kind of domain.---80000hours
Thus I am not sure we should pursue these numbers anymore, from the survey. Your thoughts?
I recently wrote about post on procrastination related to my EA work here. Feel free to just check out the references at the end.
Hi Aaron,
Sorry about being nit-picky. I had to read the following statement 4-5 times, until I realized that there is a “pause” before the word “drive”, and then I understood what you were saying. Maybe you can add a “comma” for other readers like me. Feel free to ignore.
“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any piece of content not named “Doing Good Better” drive as much positive engagement as Sam Harris’s two podcast episodes with Will MacAskill — especially the second one.”
Just also want to point out that I have not subscribed to their mailing lists but was aggressively pursued by ads from CE (or other) and other posts on EA forum which made me aware that I should participate in this.
Please leave a comment after downvoting. :)
The title sounds like a “good idea” for an EA org. Something that is missing. An organization that ranks the cost-effectiveness of different jobs (aka ranking).
Mortals working in California in Data Science or Computer Science can earn 300k in a matter of <4-6 years of experience. Donating 30% of it is 100k$/year “counterfactually” (There are people who donate 50%). (Although I don’t agree with the way they derived at this number, and just looking at it as a start point) Starting your charity with Charity entrepreneurship however is estimated to “counterfactually” account for a 100k$ donation/year. GW researcher in the first year is estimated to contribute “counterfactually” 97k$.
A better way would be to perform life time calculations it appears to truly compare the TOTAL impact.
On the other hand, if you really want to get a “tony stark” job, how about grinding and getting the skills to be THE TONY STARK: It’s called Deliberate Practice. “There is in fact a path leading from the state of our own abilities to that of the greats. The path is extremely long and demanding, and only a few will follow it all the way to its end. ”
Link to Long term fund: https://app.effectivealtruism.org/far-future doesn’t exist. 404 error.
I think that EAs, especially on the EA Forum, are too welcoming to low quality criticism.
can you show one actual example of what exactly you mean?
IRS says here it is 50-60% for public charities: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search-deductibility-status-codes
I used 13.3% as state income tax for california.
If you have any suggestions for AGI calculators please let me know.
Thanks for the comment, in an otherwise deserted post. :(
Most EA organizations seem to have a decent amount of runway
How long can RC survive without additional funds? What is your typical runway (in months)?
If there’s a big loss of jobs in EA orgs, I’d suspect it to hit around January or February, after organizations take stock after giving season.
Yes, seems highly likely. I will check back around that time.
Thank You very very much.
Hi dpiegrass,
Sorry about your job. I wish you the best of luck in your job search.
this chart shows that unemployment in the U.S. jumped from 3.5% in February to 14.7% in April, and fell steadily to 10.2% in July.
Sounds like a proxy I could use. Thanks for the idea.
What sort of training material did you use to predict and get feedback on (#deliberate practice)
All numbers seem to not be in the same format across the entire post. Here is one example.
Altogether, ES raised 358,869.75 Euro for regranting to effective charities in 2019. The following >table lists the distribution of donations per charity and cause area.
Charity Payout in Euro Payout in % Against Malaria Foundation 27.395,69 € 7,63%
Thanks Khorton. I agree that we should not just look at orgs identifying as EA.
Thanks for the suggestions.
most of the most valuable roles (certainly in my ‘field’ but I suspect in many others, especially the more applied/concrete) will not be at ‘avowedly EA organisations’
do you have an example?
it seems wise to have a career plan which does not rely on securing such a role (or at least have a backup).
Agreed that I should have a backup. But why does it seem unwise? Based on what? Have you looked at the possible impact based on replaceability and displacement chains?
What else is there to do I don’t know, other than working in some form (researcher, program manager) in “orgs that do good”? I think I can ETG (in the US) but owing to my lack of citizenship there is a 50% chance (H1B and RFE issues) that I make it just considering just random factors. This is still my back up.
Although there’s a sense of ways one can build ‘EA street cred’ (or whatever), it’s not clear these forms of ‘EA career capital’ are best even for employment at avowedly EA organisations.
I am never going to be able to find what the best way to “EA CC” for EA orgs. Alternate being I look at examples. What do you suggest to do then and why?
I would appreciate an explanation, when you downvote something. Thanks. :)
One of the most amazing posts I have ever read. It took me from a life of eternal guilt to one that is tolerable I think.