“10 years of Earning to Give” by AGB

General note: The bulk of this post was written a couple of months ago, but I am releasing it now to coincide with the Effective Giving Spotlight week. I shortly expect to release a second post documenting some observations on the community building funding landscape. IntroductionWay back in 2010, I was sitting in my parents' house, watching one of my favourite TV shows, the UK's Daily Politics. That day's guest was an Oxford academic by the name of Toby Ord. He was donating everything above £18000 (£26300 in today's money) to charity, and gently pushing others to give 10%."Nice guy," I thought. "Pity it'll never catch on."Two years later, a couple of peers interned at Giving What We Can. At the same time, I did my own internship in finance, and my estimate of my earning potential quadrupled[1]. One year after that, I graduated and took the Giving What We [...] ---Outline:(01:13) Post goals(02:28) My path(03:07) Work(05:36) Lifestyle Inflation(07:48) Savings(09:27) Donations(10:11) Community(10:14) Why engage?(11:58) Why stop?(13:48) Closing ThoughtsThe original text contained 7 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: November 7th, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/gxppfWhx7ta2fkF3R/10-years-of-earning-to-give --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.