Open thread: April - June 2025

Hi EAs, I’m Dee, first-time forum poster but long-time advocate for EA principles since first discovering the movement through Peter Singer’s work. I’ve always had a particular interest in global health and wellbeing, which initially inspired me to complete a medical degree. While I enjoyed my studies, I became somewhat disheartened with the scope of impact I could have as a single doctor in a system largely geared towards treatment rather than prevention of disease. After a career pivot to management consulting for a couple of years, I eventually completed my PhD in epidemiology. I’m now using my research experience and medical knowledge to tackle complex public health problems. 

The more I’ve solidified my own goals to do good, including through my career as well as through giving to effective causes, I’ve sought to further engage with EA content and the community. I look forward to connecting and sharing ideas with you all!

Hi everyone! I'm Antony, and I work at the intersection of Data Engineering, People Development, Organizational Development, and Research/Writing.

A little bit more about me...

Three things I care about:

• Helping people to build meaningful and impactful careers.
• Designing organizations that become drivers of social change.
• Voicing ideas to help people understand how the world works and how they can make a change.

Three things I'm good at:

• Identifying inefficiencies and designing solutions with a deep understanding of what makes people and organizations thrive.
• Creating frameworks to systematically approach complex problems.
• Researching deeply and communicating insights clearly, because I believe solutions start with understanding.

Three things I have experience with:

• Engineering Management. I scaled up a data engineering department from 12 to 70 engineers for an AI Fund company backed by Andrew Ng, managing a team of 14 direct reports and 70 indirect reports.
• Mentoring. I've mentored over 50+ engineers over my career, helping them to gain clarity on what they want and how to approach challenges they face.
• Writing. I've published more than 20+ technical articles on Medium (~500k views), and I'm now currently building The Utopian Engineering Society.

I’d love to connect with people and organizations working at these intersections. While I’ve been following the EA movement for a couple of years, my involvement has been passive. But I’m now actively looking to change that.

If you know anyone, please point me in the right direction or just say hi. You can also connect with me on LinkedIn.