Joaquin Wu Lin

0 karmaJoined Sep 2022Seeking work
joaquinwulin.com

Bio

In November, I'll start my EA Fellowship in Mexico taking part in some community-building activities to support the EA community in Latin America.

I have previous experience in operations, HR and event management at AIESEC and have interned at Accenture as a digital analyst.

I am currently enrolled in the Introductory EA Program and I find my discussions with my team very enriching. I’d love to get more involved in the EA community and connect with more people who care about social impact.

Please feel free to email me to connect at joaquinwulin@gmail.com.

How others can help me

I am seeking career advice because I would love to get the perspective of an experienced member of the community who can offer me personalized advice on my career plan, especially because my family and friends think I am a little crazy for leaving my consulting job to pursue this idealistic vision of having a high-impact career.

I want to know whether they think I am overconfident or underconfident about the positions I am applying to. Also, I am hoping they can help me discover alternative paths that would suit me that I haven’t considered yet. Lastly, I would be very grateful if they could introduce me to people who could share with me how they got into the fields I am interested in working in, like AI safety, EA community-building and reducing the harm of emerging technologies like aligning recommender systems.

I had a career advice call with František Drahota, my program facilitator of the Introductory EA Program and got so much value out of it in just 15 minutes. I am thrilled about all the uncertainties they can help me gain more clarity on through their mentorship!

How I can help others

I have organized various events over the past several years. The one that I'm most proud of is when we empowered 200+ students to take action toward the 2030 Agenda through our 2-day forum held during the pandemic.

Reach out to me if you have questions about organizing a local event (especially in Madrid!).

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