I work as head of the one on one team for 80,000 Hours. Previously I worked at the Global Priorities Institute, ran Giving What We Can and was a Fund Manager at the Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund.
Comments here are my own views only, not my present or past employers’, unless otherwise specified.
I’m really sad to hear you feel that 80k isn’t talking to you. Fwiw, I work at 80k now and think of myself as talking to you.
It seems like an understatement to say ‘I call it earning to give’. What you’ve done over the last decade seems like solidly, clearly earning to give to me.
I wish it were easier to get away from comparative style labels, and what can feel like an incessant pressure to always be doing more for the world. To me, the ways I’m falling short compared to others are particularly salient, compared to things I’m doing that are helpful. My intuitive response to your post is that I’ve always felt like you were a more ‘real EA’ than me. But it would be nice if we could just all feel glad about our contributions.