edit: I quickly compiled resources for each aptitude here. I'm pretty confident this is, on average, of mediocre quality so please point me to any higher-quality resources!
I'm adapting GCP's Career Planning Program and adding a track based on Holden's aptitudes framework. Part of this includes a list of resources (c.f. GCP's resources on AI risk). I expect that resources for aptitudes looks different to resources for causes, but that there is a wide variety of useful resources. For example, a resource could help with
- Testing fit independently / intensively (e.g. Important, actionable research questions for the most important century / EA Summer Communications Fellowship)
- Understanding the case for impact (e.g. Communication careers - 80,000 Hours)
- Understanding how others developed their aptitudes (e.g. Tara Mac Aulay on the audacity to fix the world without asking permission)
- Understanding signs of good fit (e.g. Communication careers - 80,000 Hours)
I would prefer resources that are not focused on specific career paths (a la 80k), but are more focused on the skill itself. This means I expect some of the best resources might not be related to EA at all.
Does anyone have a list of relevant resources for any of these aptitudes? (Aptitudes in bold are higher priority because it's harder for me to generate a list of resources)
- “Organization building, running, and boosting”
- Political and bureaucratic
- "Conceptual and empirical research on core longtermist topics"
- "Communicator"
- "Entrepreneur"
- "Community building"
- Software engineering
- Information security
- Academia
I can't think of any collections related to these aptitudes, but I agree they could be really valuable.
Coming up with group-learning guides for buildings these aptitudes could be a great, scaleable activity for student groups post-intro fellowships.
Similarly, projects ideas related to the aptitude could be really helpful. Some people have said that work trials (e.g. Rethink priorities') were very helpful for them to test to their fit, so these could be something to look into.
Let me know if you look into this more– it's a project I'm considering this summer.