EA - EA Opportunities: A new and improved collection of internships, contests, events, and more. by MichelJusten

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EA Opportunities: A new and improved collection of internships, contests, events, and more., published by MichelJusten on July 22, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary I’ve published EA Opportunities (eaopps.com), an improved rebrand of eainternships.com. I hope it becomes the go-to board where people beginning to seriously engage with EA can find out what they can do within the effective altruism community You can sign up for a bi-weekly newsletter here and express interest in a Slack integration here. Submitting opportunities is a great way to make sure we don’t miss anything, or that more people can see the opportunity earlier. We’re especially keen for people to submit small opportunities only they and a small circle of others might know about. Separately, I created a new database of organizations and initiatives either in EA or working on reducing x-risk. A revamped collection of opportunities EA Opportunities hosts an opportunity board and organization board. This post provides an update on the revamped opportunity board, while this related post describes the (EA) Organization database. The EA Opportunity board is an improvement built upon what used to be called the EA Internship board. The layout is roughly the same, but the opportunity board features a few noticeable improvements: The focus of this board has broadened from internships to include volunteer opportunities, bootcamps, conferences, contests, and most other opportunities someone becoming more engaged with the EA community might be curious about. Important note: This board does not feature full-time opportunities. The 80K Job Board has this covered. The target audience has changed from just undergraduates to people generally beginning to seriously engage with EA. Board maintenance has improved. I have hired on a virtual assistant to spearhead opportunity entry and general maintenance. The virtual assistant, who is responsible for most data entry, doesn’t have a full understanding of EAs interpretation of aptitudes and cause areas and I occasionally approve opportunities too quickly to catch these. If you look hard enough, you will find mistakes on this board.] New filters: You can now sort opportunities by which aptitudes they will allow you to develop or test your fit for Newsletter and Slack automation to stay looped in: I’ve created a bi-weekly newsletter that will feature a subset of cool opportunities (sign up for Newsletter here) and a Slack automation that posts new approved opportunities to any slack channel (request Slack automation here). Below, I answer some central questions about this board. What opportunities are featured on this board? We regularly monitor and collect a wide range of opportunities, including internships, volunteer opportunities, conferences, and more. We want to be the go-to board for people interested in exploring what they can do within the effective altruism community short of a full-time position. Most of the opportunities featured are within EA organizations and initiatives, but we also feature entry-level opportunities from other organizations working on the most pressing problems. How is this different from 80,000 Hours job board? This opportunity board features opportunities that require less time or experience, while the 80,000 Hours Job Board focuses primarily on full-time positions, which we don't include. Our hope is that the opportunity board is more accessible to individuals new to the EA community. There is some overlap between the two boards though: like the 80,000 Hours Job board, we feature entry-level internships at EA organizations and other organizations working on the most pressing problems. What are some other EA opportunity collections? We are certainly not the only source for EA opportunities (although we think we’ll be one of the bes...