I want to get better at networking. Not computer networking, networking with people. Well, networking with people over computer networks...
I have a few goals here:
I want people who I can talk with about the incredibly niche topics I am trying to become proficient within. Helping one another refine our ideas.
I view us as being at an Ordian precipice, and want to help influence people towards better ideas that will help us get to better outcomes.
I want to find a professional role where I can focus on the sorts of things I feel it is valuable to be focusing on.
Towards the first and second goal. I have begun publishing my work and ideas here on LessWrong. This has been going well, but takes time, and I will sooner or later run out of savings and need to return to work, which, in my experience, leaves me with very little leftover energy to pursue independent work. In light of that, I want to shift more of my focus to goal 3.
My plan for doing so seems pretty simple and obvious to me, but I hope describing it here will help focus me, and may also help others in a similar position, or allow others to help me with my strategy.
First I want to spend some time compiling three lists:
Companies I might be a good fit at.
People who are focusing on the sorts of things I want to focus on.
Relevant fellowships.
Then, I can work on researching companies and people from my lists that seem promising. For both companies and people I can learn about the work they are doing.
For companies I can look for the people who work there to add to my list of people.
For people, I can look for the companies they have worked for to add to my companies list.
While working on 1 and 2, I can reach out to people to ask:
If they know of any leads for open roles, or promising people, companies, or fellowships to look into.
What they think are currently the most valuable research directions to be looking in.
What they think of my directions.
So that's what I plan to spend a great deal of my focus on in the coming months. Please offer me any advice you may have, wish me luck and.... tell me if you know of any open roles that may be a good fit for me! ( :
I want to get better at networking. Not computer networking, networking with people. Well, networking with people over computer networks...
I have a few goals here:
Towards the first and second goal. I have begun publishing my work and ideas here on LessWrong. This has been going well, but takes time, and I will sooner or later run out of savings and need to return to work, which, in my experience, leaves me with very little leftover energy to pursue independent work. In light of that, I want to shift more of my focus to goal 3.
My plan for doing so seems pretty simple and obvious to me, but I hope describing it here will help focus me, and may also help others in a similar position, or allow others to help me with my strategy.
So that's what I plan to spend a great deal of my focus on in the coming months. Please offer me any advice you may have, wish me luck and.... tell me if you know of any open roles that may be a good fit for me! ( :