My name is Gergő, I’m director at EA UK. Previously I was at the European Network for AI Safety and co-founded of Amplify, a marketing agency dedicated to helping fieldbuilding projects. My journey into communitybuilding started in 2019 with organising EA meetups on a volunteer basis.
I started doing full-time paid work in CB in 2021, when I founded an EA club at my university (it wasn’t supposed to be full-time at least at the beginning, but you know how it is). This grew into a city group and eventually into a national group called EA Hungary. We also spun out an AIS group in 2022, which I’m still leading. AIS Hungary is one of the few AIS groups that have 2+ FTE working for them.
Previously I was a volunteer charity analyst and analysis coordinator for SoGive, an experience I think of fondly and I’m grateful for. I have also done some academic research in psychology.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, really like your 1st point on flipping the framework!
Would be curious why you are uncertain about people putting in 30-40 hours vs. a few hours into a career transition—to me it seems obvious that the more people invest, the more ground they will cover? (Perhaps with some diminishing returns)