Did You (or someone you know) got rejected from "EA roles", gathered experience/skills in for-profit, later transitioned into a high impact role?

By guneyulasturker 🔸 @ 2025-07-14T07:49 (+33)

Hi, I’m looking for individuals to feature as examples in my forum post.

Do you know anyone (or are you someone) who:
•⁠  ⁠Discovers EA and strongly aligns with it. later applies to many roles listed on 80,000 Hours but gets rejected from all of them
•⁠  ⁠⁠Then worked at for-profit companies to build experience and skills
•⁠  ⁠⁠And after 3–5 years of skill-building, transitioned into a role in a high-impact organization

If you know someone who fits this profile (or if this describes you) I’d be very glad if you could comment below or send me a DM


Joseph @ 2025-07-14T15:58 (+2)

I got two out of three, if that is enough. I worked in for-profit organizations for several years, developing various professionally-relevant skills and interests. Then I later learned about EA and was able to use my non-EA background to get employment at what I view as fairly high impact organizations. I've also applied to many roles and been rejected (both within EA and outside of EA).