Late to the party. @Spencer Ericson Were you able to find a financial advisor?
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[Question] Is this a weird way for me to donate to charity?
[Question] Anyone tried to monetize a hobby with the intent of ETG?
Thanks for the insight! I’m also considering a mid-career move but not sure if it’s the right call or not as my primary path is ETG.
I’m a product manager who works in corporate tech at the moment. I’ve found that finding EA-aligned orgs that are looking for PMs is very difficult especially in this market.
Wondering if there’s anywhere or any resources I should be looking at or any tips on how you find your role? I know you’re not a PM but typically where’s there is programmers, they could be hiring a PM.
I think they’re best for helping guide your career, while my decision mainly involves WLB that I’m trying to resolve.
[Question] Resources for helping make life/career decision?
[Question] Donating crypto effectively?
Thanks for expanding! I know that some hiring processes in tech involve take home projects so I’m wondering how that played out if you had any of those despite doing a non-solicited project for them already?
[Question] Is working for Meta a good or bad option?
Thanks for sharing your experience!
A couple of follow-up questions:
Did you send this unsolicited pre-interview project without talking to anyone at these companies? What were the responses like?
How did the results change between targeting small companies vs larger companies?
To clarify, you only sent an email with your pre-interview project without submitting an application?
[Question] How effective is sending a pre-interview project for a job you want?
I’m curious to hear more on an example of hiring an outsider, if you have one. I’m not sure I can see the value of it.
I’ve done therapy and it had immense value for me to work out through my issues. However, it seems like you’re talking about a different scenario here. Perhaps more in the life coach realm?
[Question] Donating handmade crafts?
[Question] Any updates to high-impact COVID-19 charities?
[Question] How can I do the most good with my 3D printer?
[Question] Technology Non-Profits I could volunteer for?
[Question] For those working on longtermist projects, how do you stay motivated in the short-term?
[Question] Deworming vs other GiveWell charities
It’s pretty straightforward: donate to wherever your money can do the most good at the moment. If this month it’s Org A then you donate to Org A, and if next month it’s Org B then you should switch
The problem for me is how do I know which organization is doing the most good in a cause area? And how do I keep tabs on that?
For global health, GiveWell provides all of that, so I defer to them by donating to their discretionary fund every month.
With criminal justice reform and x-risk, the seemingly best deferral option is Open Phil—which is why I mentioned them. They have a grant database for each cause, but I don’t know how to decide which of the orgs they funded would do the most good based off of my small, marginal donation each month.
For example, let’s say I want to donate $100 this month to bio-risk. I look at their grant database (as of this writing) and see 1DaySooner as their most recent grant in 5/2020 for $500k. Does this mean that my $100 would do the most good there, if I were to donate right now? If I look at their largest grant, which is John Hopkins Center for Health Security for $19.5M in 9/2019, would my dollar do the most good there instead vs. 1DaySooner?
Open Phil suggests organizations for individual donors, but they only do that once a year. I’d expect the top organization that is doing the most good in a cause area would change pretty often within a year, but I could be wrong about that.
Please share! Looking for resources as well.