All of Rochelle Harris's Comments + Replies
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Good question, this can look very different for different people. My advice(and this might be not applicable to all) is do things that interest/excite you. The AI safety and governance field is very broad (especially with AI popping up in every field), so there's tons of subfields to explore.
There might be issues that are more local/regional that are important to you, maybe there are things that worry you or your demographic and so on.
"Alternatively, I could try to become a software engineer."
Here's a good opportunity for that, although the deadline is rather close:
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Ya know what? That strikes me as 100% legitimate. I had approached it from the perspective of "there isn't an organization called Effective Altruism, so anyone claiming to work for it is somehow stretching/obfuscating the truth," but I think I was wrong. While I have seen people use an organization's name on LinkedIn without being associated with the organization, your example of maintaining a resource for the EA community seems permissible, especially since you note that it is volunteering.
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Hi Rochelle, thanks for this, I appreciate it! I’ve dropped you an email :)
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It has not! We just posted the sign up link here: GiveDirect.ly/zakat-webinar (it's this coming Saturday April 1)
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When you tag a user, press enter or click on the name.
@GiveDirectly Rochelle would like to join the webinar and did not receive a message yet (presumably).
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@GiveDirectly Has the seminar passed already? If so would it be possible to see the slides, please?
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Thank you for taking the time to post this reply, this is really helpful.
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That's excellent - thank you!
Very glad to see this! Here are two Facebook groups that may be of interest:
Effective Zakat - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1731235183840615/?ref=share
EA Middle East https://www.facebook.com/groups/1076904819058029/?ref=share
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Thanks Rochelle! :)
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No worries, thank you so much for the tip. I have not expected to receive so many hints, it's a bit intimidating, but I'm very grateful. :)
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Oops, I reposted the video and therefore the link changed. It is now updated!
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Hi rharris, if you have more experience in eg admin than in policy, it might make sense to apply for an administrative role to get some initial experience with the Civil Service. You'd be eligible to apply for other internally-advertised roles after you've passed your probation (normally six months) and you'll be a more competitive applicant because of your Civil Service experience.
It's unfortunate that the UK media launch will coincide with the general election. The competition for mainstream media coverage from other causes will be heavy, especially since the new Transparency legislation has restricted the other activities that charities can do.
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The UK general election will be 7th May 2015, whereas the main media launch will be August 2015. So won't we be ok? (But great consideration, that I hadn't even thought about).
I get an Error 404. Is that link correct please?