Jess_Whittlestone comments on Should you work at 80,000 Hours? - Less Wrong

17 Post author: Jess_Whittlestone 08 August 2013 02:04PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 09 August 2013 05:18:57AM *  1 point [-]

I know 80K is based in the UK... should US citizens apply? Also, what kind of applicant field are you looking at right now?

BTW, might be worthwhile to mention the other EA organizations that happen to be recruiting right now.

Comment author: Jess_Whittlestone 09 August 2013 07:23:55AM 1 point [-]

Yeah, US citizens are very welcome to apply. We can fairly easily hire US citizens for internships. For permanent paid roles my understanding is that it's a bit more complicated, but definitely possible - so it just means the application will be more competitive (because we may have to pay for visas etc).

Can you clarify what exactly you mean by "what kind of applicant field are you looking at?"

You're right, I should have put in a link to the GWWC and EEA positions. Will add.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 09 August 2013 11:32:58PM 0 points [-]

By "what kind of applicant field are you looking at?" I mean do you guys have a good number of relatively strong applicants already.

Comment author: Benjamin_Todd 11 August 2013 09:44:40PM 0 points [-]

Hey John, we discuss this quite a bit in the interview (esp 1st and 2nd questions). Happy to take further more specific questions here though.

Comment author: Jess_Whittlestone 10 August 2013 12:31:30PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure there's much I can say on this I'm afraid: I'm not in charge of receiving and scoring applications so I don't actually know at this stage (and even if I was I'm not sure it would be appropriate for me to post a judgement on here)

In general I'd just reiterate the point though that we do find it relatively difficult to find good people, so if you think you might fit what we're looking for, it's definitely worth applying.