“Building backwards: How to get more people into impactful, high absorbency careers” by Joey🔸
At EAG: London 2024, I presented Ambitious Impact's strategic vision for maximizing career impact across the EA ecosystem. I introduced the concept of "high absorbency" careers and outlined why and how EA should create more targeted on-ramps, helping promising individuals bridge the final gap to truly impactful roles. I also reviewed AIM's expanded program offerings, each tailored to address specific bottlenecks within their respective ecosystems. Here's a transcript of the talk, relevant for individuals looking for high-impact careers, EA organizations, and EA as a movement. Edit: I ended up giving the same talk filmed at EAGxVirtual so you can also watch/listen to the talk now here. Key Points: The talk emphasizes the need for structured guidance to help people transition into high-impact careers, especially those who are already skilled but face last-mile barriers. Building on-ramps for people who are 95% of the way to impact is thus [...] ---Outline:(01:33) Why we need on-ramps and what they are(02:13) The problem: skills gap creating talent bottlenecks(03:17) The solution: building on-ramps to help people reach career goals(03:57) How to choose where to build on-ramps(04:02) Which career paths should we focus on building on-ramps for?(05:43) Calculating the impact of a career(06:58) Calculating absorbency(09:24) Example: NGO founding and Charity Entrepreneurship(10:42) Lead Exposure Elimination Project as a case study in NGO founding(12:14) On-ramps as last mile solutions(13:32) Charity Entrepreneurship to AIM: solving more bottlenecks(14:35) Building multiple on-ramps; Charity Entrepreneurships transition to Ambitious Impact(15:16) Other AIM programs(15:38) AIM Grantmaking(16:50) AIM Founding to Give(18:47) Effective Giving Incubation(19:19) AIM Research(20:35) Career paths we should on-ramp(23:01) Applying this framework(23:36) As an individual(25:30) As an organization(27:24) As a movement(28:10) Conclusion: EA should be more ambitious in achieving impact(29:09) QandAThe original text contained 28 images which were described by AI. --- First published: October 17th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ExNBpnggY9pjTpcrK/building-backwards-how-to-get-more-people-into-impactful --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.