Resources

EA DC

Resources

• Welcome to EA DC form (if you’re new this is the best place to start)

• Anonymous feedback form

• Cause area meetup group sign-up form

• Code of Conduct

• Jobs Board

• Linktree (this is the same collection of links)

• Schedule a 1-on-1 chat with an organizer

• Social Media

  • Facebook group and page

  • LinkedIn group and page

  • Slack channel

• Subscribe to our newsletter and read archived newsletters.

• Volunteer

Contact Info

• For general inquiries please email us at Info@EffectiveAltruismDC.org

• Email specific employees:

  • Andy Masley (Executive Director): Andy@EffectiveAltruismDC.org

  • Arthur Wright (Head of Community): Arthur@EffectiveAltruismDC.org

Info about EA DC

• Learn about EA DC here, and about effective altruism here.

• Follow our community events by subscribing to our newsletter, or check out our Events page.

Careers

Information

• 80,000 Hours

• The Emerging Tech Policy site has a lot of amazing DC-specific career profiles and information.

• The EA DC Slack has a jobs channel where you can follow local EA-aligned job postings in DC and share any that you find

• Probably Good

• Animal Advocacy Careers

• Effective Altruism Career Discussion Facebook Group

Mentorship and Career Meetings

• EA DC is happy to connect you with our members working in specific careers. Please feel free to reach out to us at info@EffectiveAltruismDC.org to be connected.

• You can sign up to the 80,000 Hours career coaching here

• Magnify Mentoring

• The Center on Long Term Risk offers 1-1 advice on careers related to their priorities, request a call here

Job Boards

• Our jobs board

• 80,000 Hours job board (and in an Airtable)

• EA Job Postings Facebook Group

• Tom Wein’s list of social purpose job boards

• EA Internships Board

• EA Training Board – lists upcoming fellowships, training programs and other opportunities

• EA Work Club

Career Profiles

• Academia

• Consulting

• Economics

• Education

• Engineering

• Entrepreneurship

• Finance

• Healthcare

• Law

• Marketing & Communications

• Media & Journalism

• Operations

• Policy

• Research

• Social Science

• Software, Data & Technology

Cause Areas

Cause Area Profiles

• Why choose a cause

• How to strategically choose a cause

• World view diversification

• What if you’re working on the wrong cause?

• Cause X

• A guide aiming to compile the most useful content for evaluating new possible cause Xs

• EA representativeness

• How to get a cause into EA

Comparing Causes

• Animals > Humans

• Humans > Animals

• Long-term future > Near-term future

• Near-term future > Long-term future

• Meta > Direct

• Direct > Meta

Cause Area-Specific Resources

• Animal Welfare

• Artificial Intelligence

• Biosecurity

• Environmentalism

• Existential Risks

• Global Development

• Improving Institutional Decision Making

• Long Term Future

• Mental Health & Happiness

• Meta Effective Altruism

• Nuclear Security