EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular) “Announcing my departure from CEA (& sharing assorted notes)” by Lizka
TLDR: I’ve recently started as a “Research Fellow” at Forethought (focusing on how we should prepare for a potential period of explosive growth and related questions).
I left my role on the CEA Online Team, but I still love the Forum (and the Forum/CEA/mod teams) and plan on continuing to be quite active here. I’m also staying on the moderation team as an advisor.
➡️ If you were planning on reaching out to me about something Forum- or Online-related, you should probably reach out to Toby Tremlett or email forum@effectivealtruism.org.
What's in this post?
I had some trouble writing this announcement; I felt like I should post something, but didn’t know what to include or how to organize the post. In the end, I decided to write down and share assorted reflections on my time at CEA, and not really worry about putting everything into a cohesive frame or [...]
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Outline:
(00:44) What's in this post?
(02:17) Briefly: more context on the change
(03:45) A note on EA and CEA
(04:32) Assorted notes from my time at CEA
(04:37) Some things about working at CEA that I probably wouldn’t have predicted
(04:44) 1. Working with a manager and working in a team have been some of the best ways for me to grow.
(05:33) 2. I like CEA's team values and principles a lot more than I expected to. (And I want to import many of them wherever I go.)
(08:39) 3. A huge number of people I worked and interacted with are incredibly generous and compassionate, and this makes a big difference.
(10:40) Some things about my work at CEA that were difficult for me
(10:46) 1. My work was pretty public. This has some benefits, and also some real downsides.
(12:31) 2. Many people seem confused about what CEA does, and seemed to assume incorrect things about me because I was a CEA staff member.
(14:58) 3. My job involved working on or maintaining many different projects, which made it difficult for me to focus on any single thing or make progress on proactive projects.
(16:03) 4. Despite taking little of my time, moderation was quite draining for me.
(18:26) Looking back on my work
(23:08) Thank you!
The original text contained 11 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
October 3rd, 2024
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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