“Every Forum Post on EA Career Choice & Job Search” by Tristan W
Description
TLDR: I went through the entirety of the career choice, career advising, career framework, career capital, working at EA vs. non-EA orgs, and personal fit tags and have filtered to arrive at a list of all posts[1] relevant to figuring out the career aspect of the EA journey[2] up until now (10/25/25).
The “Career Choice” section walks through: different career frameworks (how to go about making a career), career factors (aspects specific to yourself which change what sort of career you might have), cause area advice (focusing on how one might make a career in various causes), graduate school and career advice (what studies or careers might be pathways to impact, and what working in them looks like), and community experiences (how others have made career choices and lessons learned). The “Job Search” section walks through searching, applying, and getting rejected from jobs, as well as a section on how EA recruitment works (to better understand the process), and on the EA job market (how it's looking now and how it has changed over time).
Introduction
Behold! After trudging in the hellscape of tabs for many hours (see my atrocious window below) and trying to craft an overarching structure [...]
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Outline:
(01:17 ) Introduction
(06:02 ) General Advice
(10:22 ) Career Choice
(10:26 ) Resources
(11:43 ) General
(14:33 ) Career Frameworks
(14:37 ) By Cause Area (path) ala 80k
(19:24 ) By Career Aptitudes ala Holden
(22:36 ) Career Factors
(22:57 ) Cause Prioritization (incomplete)
(25:40 ) Career Stage
(34:37 ) Personal Fit
(36:38 ) Location
(37:38 ) Working Outside vs. Inside EA
(47:53 ) Other Factors
(49:59 ) Cause Area Advice
(50:03 ) Animal Welfare
(53:00 ) AI
(01:02:22 ) Biosecurity
(01:03:22 ) Community Building
(01:05:47 ) Earning to Give
(01:10:19 ) GCR Reduction
(01:11:10 ) Global Health
(01:12:08 ) Meta EA
(01:16:26 ) Nuclear
(01:16:55 ) Graduate School Advice
(01:18:58 ) Specific Career Advice
(01:20:13 ) Projects
(01:22:52 ) Charities
(01:23:12 ) Communications
(01:23:28 ) Consulting
(01:25:13 ) Grantmaking
(01:25:29 ) Managing
(01:25:42 ) Operations
(01:28:42 ) Policy
(01:35:24 ) Research
(01:39:51 ) Startups
(01:40:49 ) Other Careers
(01:46:31 ) Community Experiences
(01:56:57 ) Job Search
(01:57:08 ) The Search
(02:01:42 ) The Application
(02:04:08 ) The Rejection
(02:06:38 ) How EA Recruitment Works
(02:08:39 ) The EA Job Market
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First published:
October 31st, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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