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• gergo 17 Feb 2026 15:36 UTC

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  in reply to: Andrew Myerscough’s comment on: Where should we hold EAGxUK 2026 (Septem­ber)? Re­spond by 20 Feb

  Thanks for your message, Andrew. If you have a write-up on this project please feel free to send it over by email at gergo@effectivealtruism.uk. I can also brainstorm on additinal people who you could benefit connecting with about this!

Where should we hold EAGxUK 2026 (Septem­ber)? Re­spond by 20 Feb

• gergo 13 Feb 2026 20:40 UTC

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  on: 500k mid-ca­reer pro­fes­sion­als want to do more good with their ca­reers. Can we help them?

  Thanks for writing this, Dom. I constantly hear that mid to senior career professionals are a bottleneck for the community. As far as I know, 80k does some AI powered job-matchmaking, but it would be really good if you could also do this, or have your group share their information with 80k, such as by filling out this census. (Maybe check with them first about what is the best way to get these people on their radar, though.)

  I also wanted to offer a word of caution. For most roles, connecting a competent professional to a job listing won’t be sufficient. I have written on the importance of what I call “context” here. Your people will need to upskill on EA causes and network at EAGs in order to qualitfy for these roles. Orgs are not despeate for experienced professionals, they are desperate for high-context experienced professionals (especially in leadership roles).

  I would also recommend sending them to take peer-led, high-absorption courses, such as CEA’s virtual program, Bluedot’s courses, AIS Collab’s Atlas fellowship, or Scaling Altruism’s career planning program. (I asked the last to to send you their EOIs). These are a good entry step that allows people to start building context.
  
  There are many EA groups that your members could turn to in order to connect with the local community.

An­nounc­ing the new Direc­tor of EA UK

Why Chris­ti­ans for Im­pact In­vests in Mar­ket­ing (BC #15)

• gergo 26 Jan 2026 17:01 UTC

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  on: Your dona­tions mat­ter, but your col­league’s even more

  It was interesting to read how explicit you are about being associated with EA, as many organisations (incl. in the giving space) are moving away from this.

  We initially propsed to pitch that the principles of effective altruism allure to most employee’s background
  
  first time for colleagues to hear about effective altruism principles.

  Why do you think this worked for you? One reason this worked is that you seem to highlight the principles as opposed to the movement itself?

  Great work!

The Three Pillars: A The­ory of Change for Groups (BC #14)

• gergo 23 Jan 2026 10:48 UTC

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  in reply to: ethai’s comment on: EA orgs over­hire comms and un­der­hire growth

  if you DM me your whatsapp number I can add you :)

• gergo 22 Jan 2026 18:17 UTC

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  in reply to: ethai’s comment on: EA orgs over­hire comms and un­der­hire growth

  RIP, EA comms slack!

  There is a whatsapp group now!

• gergo 15 Jan 2026 14:21 UTC

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  in reply to: Clara Torres Latorre 🔸’s comment on: The Field Build­ing Blog is now called Build­ing Capacity

  Haha thanks for the reminder, added it as a hyperlink now x)

The Field Build­ing Blog is now called Build­ing Capacity

• gergo 14 Jan 2026 8:48 UTC

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  on: Mas­ter­docs of EA com­mu­nity build­ing guides and resources

  Just saw that this is still being updated, as of early 2026. How amazing!

• gergo 13 Jan 2026 11:23 UTC

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  on: An­nounc­ing Im­pact First (We’re Hiring)

  Alicia is great, working with her on building this organisation sounds like a great opportunty. I hope you get a lot of applications!

• gergo 10 Jan 2026 21:32 UTC

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  in reply to: ladyjedi’s comment on: Why ex­pe­rienced pro­fes­sion­als fail to land high-im­pact roles (FBB #5)

  Awesome, good luck on your AI Safety journey. In addition to mine, I recommend these articles:

  • How Unofficial Work Gets You Hired: Building Your Surface Area for Serendipity

  • There is No EA Sorting Hat

  • Your Goal Isn’t Really to Get a Job

  • Stop Applying And Get To Work

  • Why experienced professionals fail to land high-impact roles (FBB #5) (Just putting this here because I want to be able to quickly share the full list with others.)
    
    

• gergo 6 Jan 2026 18:38 UTC

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  on: How to Im­prove EA’s Pres­ence on YouTube

  Thanks for writing this up, great post!

• gergo 6 Jan 2026 18:10 UTC

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  in reply to: MatthiasE’s comment on: Against (most) com­mu­nity re­treats (FBB #12)

  The example of the student is if fair, but my claim is that you can get those effects in cheaper ways than a retreat. For any given community retreat, only a couple people will attend with profiles for which it’s realistic that a retreat can help them get a role (see my point about retreats having too low of a bar). I would want to support these in other ways.

  I’m worried though that the scale is too small to power an RCT. But I do like your idea on that we should try to measure the effectiveness of these interventions more rigorously!

• gergo 6 Jan 2026 18:05 UTC

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  in reply to: MatthiasE’s comment on: Against (most) com­mu­nity re­treats (FBB #12)

  Maybe I misunderstood, but if retreats and conferences/​summits are complements, this argument should not apply?

  They might be complementary, but most communities don’t have the resources to do both. (Unless they are a year apart, at which point any momentum you get fades).

In­ter­view with Carolina from ML4Good (FBB #13)

• gergo 2 Jan 2026 15:00 UTC

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  in reply to: mariuswenk’s comment on: Against (most) com­mu­nity re­treats (FBB #12)

  Thanks for pointing out that we actually have some more data on costs from GSF retreats.

  On the other hand, I think the argument of my post is being left unaddressed: that we should prioritise summits over community retreats. As Ollie mentioned above, larger events provide the same benefit per participant. EAGx Conferences may be at a similar cost per participant compared to retreats, but I would be really surprised if the same was true for summits, which are only one day. I would love to get a better sense of how expensive summits are per person thoguh!

• gergo 30 Dec 2025 14:00 UTC

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  on: In­tro­duc­ing the Mox Guest Program

  I have had the chance to visit Mox recently (not as part of this program), and I strongly recommend that anyone to take advantage of this opportunity. It’s an amazing space with value-aligned leadership as well as great members. It was long overdue for SF to have such a co-working space! :)