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Mediocre EAs: career paths and how do they engage with EA?
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I did not read this as a reproach at all! I just wanted to emphasize that a 1-on-1 advising rejection doesn’t mean we think the person doesn’t have the potential to have an impactful career.  

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Mediocre EAs: career paths and how do they engage with EA?
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Thanks for posting this! I’m one of the 80,000 Hours advisors, but the following opinions are my own.  

I had a few thoughts while reading your post and some of the answers: 

  • I think one assumption to avoid is that you can only have an impactful career if you work for an “EA organization”.  
    • I don’t think this is true. There are so many problems that need to be resolved, and EA organizations only work on a select number. More importantly, EA organizations are usually not the only organizations tackling the “most pressing problems”. Th
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Miquel Banchs-Piqué (prev. mikbp)
  Sure, that was not meant as a reproach!
Cause area report: vaccines
Anemone 1
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Thanks for writing this up, Erwan! 

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