Michelle_Hutchinson

I work as head of the podcast and one-on-one teams for 80,000 Hours. Previously I worked at the Global Priorities Institute, ran Giving What We Can and was a Fund Manager at the Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund.

Comments here are my own views only, not my present or past employers', unless otherwise specified.

Posts

Changes to the 80k podcast
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2025-11-10 | +72 | 0 comments

Some surprising hiring practices I follow (as a hiring manager and grantmaker in...
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2025-10-30 | +86 | 0 comments

You get to go home
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2025-06-13 | +82 | 0 comments

How to have high impact conversations
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2024-08-14 | +73 | 0 comments

Friendship as a sacred value
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2024-03-23 | +37 | 0 comments

On being an EA for decades
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2024-02-12 | +199 | 0 comments

Why I love effective altruism
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2023-03-01 | +411 | 0 comments

Appreciation thread Feb 2023
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2023-02-05 | +156 | 0 comments

Some feelings, and what’s keeping me going
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-11-25 | +187 | 0 comments

In favour of ‘personal policies’
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-11-13 | +94 | 0 comments

Tips for living with colleagues (including when not to do it)
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-09-10 | +22 | 0 comments

Suggestions for how to talk about pregnancy losses
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-09-08 | +87 | 0 comments

30 second action you could take
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-08-02 | +104 | 0 comments

80k would be happy to see more projects in the careers space
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-06-21 | +143 | 0 comments

Advice on people management from EA Global
by Michelle_Hutchinson, Ben_West🔸 @ 2022-04-17 | +38 | 0 comments

Managing 'Imposters'
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-01-29 | +167 | 0 comments

80,000 Hours is hiring!
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2022-01-20 | +59 | 0 comments

What gives me hope
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2021-05-19 | +209 | 0 comments

Why I find longtermism hard, and what keeps me motivated
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2021-02-22 | +228 | 0 comments

80,000 Hours one-on-one team plans, plus projects we’d like to see
by Michelle_Hutchinson, Niel_Bowerman @ 2021-02-09 | +69 | 0 comments

Possible gaps in the EA community
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2021-01-23 | +97 | 0 comments

Training Bottlenecks in EA (professional skills)
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2021-01-17 | +67 | 0 comments

10 Habits I recommend (2020)
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2021-01-02 | +90 | 0 comments

10 things I bought and recommend (2020)
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2020-12-30 | +50 | 0 comments

Parenting: Things I wish I could tell my past self
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2020-09-12 | +183 | 0 comments

Asking for advice
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2020-09-05 | +120 | 0 comments

I'm Michelle Hutchinson, head of advising at 80,000 Hours, AMA
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2019-12-04 | +90 | 0 comments

Keeping Absolutes in Mind
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2018-10-21 | +146 | 0 comments

Making Organisations More Welcoming
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2018-09-12 | +39 | 0 comments

Good news that matters
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2018-08-27 | +23 | 0 comments

New releases: Global Priorities Institute research agenda and posts we’re hiring...
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2017-12-14 | +17 | 0 comments

Why Poverty?
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2016-04-24 | +11 | 0 comments

Giving What We Can is Cause Neutral
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2016-04-22 | +16 | 0 comments

Review of Giving What We Can staff retreat
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2016-03-21 | +8 | 0 comments

Giving What We Can's 6 monthly update
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2016-02-09 | +15 | 0 comments

Finding more effective causes
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2016-01-01 | +23 | 0 comments

Why do effective altruists support the causes we do?
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-12-30 | +27 | 0 comments

Giving What We Can needs your help this Christmas!
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-12-07 | +11 | 0 comments

Updates from Giving What We Can
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-11-27 | +8 | 0 comments

Giving What We Can needs your support — only 5 days left to close our funding...
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-06-25 | +7 | 0 comments

Giving What We Can needs your help!
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-05-26 | +5 | 0 comments

Please support Giving What We Can this Spring
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-04-24 | +10 | 0 comments

The role of time in comparing diverse benefits
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-04-13 | +2 | 0 comments

Why I Give
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-01-25 | +22 | 0 comments

Supportive scepticism in practice
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2015-01-15 | +41 | 0 comments

Should Giving What We Can change its Pledge?
by Michelle_Hutchinson @ 2014-10-22 | +22 | 0 comments