We asked mid to senior career women and non-binary people what resources they would recommend. Here’s what they said.
We asked mid to senior career women and non-binary people what resources they would recommend. Here’s what they said.
This post summarizes the answers they gave to this question- “If you are comfortable sharing, were there any resources your mentor directed you to?”/”If you are comfortable sharing, what are some key resources you recommended that might be useful to others?”
This post summarizes the answers they gave to this question- “If you are comfortable sharing, were there any resources your mentor directed you to?”/”If you are comfortable sharing, what are some key resources you recommended that might be useful to others?”
This post summarizes the answers they gave to this question- “If you are comfortable sharing, were there any resources your mentor directed you to?”/”If you are comfortable sharing, what are some key resources you recommended that might be useful to others?”
We hope this is a useful resource for people just getting involved in the Effective Altruism (EA) community and those interested in delving further into a particular focus area. This list is live and I will update it continuously on WANBAM’s website. Please note I have not fully vetted everything on it. There are so many topic areas that aren’t covered yet and we expect this list to grow over time to include them.
On Effective Altruism (EA):
Introduction to Effective Altruism: A comprehensive introduction to Effective Altruism.
EA Concepts: A concept map.
80,000 Podcast: Podcast on effective altruism and careers, featuring guests from a wide variety of career paths.
Effective Altruism Forum: A Forum for the Effective Altruism Community.
Kelsey Piper: Her work on Future Perfect and her blog The Unit of Caring.
On Finding Jobs:
80,000 Hours Job Board: Presents high-impact vacancies.
EA Work Club: A website for “High-impact jobs and side projects for effective altruists.”
Effective Altruism Job Postings: Facebook Page- “Post job openings relevant to effective altruism here!”
On Health and well-being:
Psychology Tools: A “ reliable source of psychological self-help for the public.”
BrightMind: “Brightmind helps you quickly move beyond the beginner level of meditation practice through customized and practical instruction.”
Burnout: What is it and how to treat it: An EA Forum post on Burnout, what is it? What can individuals do to avoid it and what can organizations do to help their staff?
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder How To Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You
The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done
On Management:
The Manager Tools: Podcasts, training tools, and opportunities for building management skills.
The Effective Executive (by Peter Drucker): “The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.”
On Start-ups:
Village Global: Venture capital podcast.
Haseeb Qureshi's blog: “The Breaking Into Startups Podcast is a platform featuring inspiring stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds.”
On Productivity:
Amazing Marvin: “Marvin incorporates principles from behavioral psychology to help you beat procrastination, feel in control and finish your to-do list.”
Focusmate: “Focusmate virtual coworking helps you get things done.”
Complice.co: “Daily Progress & Accountability. Every night Complice compiles your day’s actions alongside each of your goals, making it easy to reflect on the progress you have made. ”
Habitica: “Habitica is a free habit and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. Habitica can help you achieve your goals to become healthy and happy.”
How to get things done - David Allen: “Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax.”
So Good They Can't Ignore You (by Cal Newport): “In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping.”
On setting boundaries
- When I Say No, I Feel Guilty by by Manuel J. Smith.
- Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life by Patty Azzarello and Keith Ferrazzi: A straight-shooting Silicon Valley executive reveals insider career strategies to becoming a great leader, developing your network, succeeding without wasting time, and managing trade-offs between your work and life so your life works.
- Sustainable motivation | Helen Toner | EA Global: San Francisco 2019.
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown: Greg draws on experience and insight from working with the leaders of the most innovative companies in the world to show how to achieve the disciplined pursuit of less.
On setting up organizations:
Charity Entrepreneurship: Is an effective altruist organization that helps start multiple high-impact charities. Their focus areas include animal advocacy, health and development policy, mental health and happiness, and family planning.
The National Council of Nonprofits: Tools and resources of a “Trusted resource and proven advocate for America’s charitable nonprofits.”
Haseeb Qureshi's blog: “The Breaking Into Startups Podcast is a platform featuring inspiring stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds.”
On thinking well about International Development:
GiveWell’s criteria for how they recommend extraordinary nonprofits in the international development space.
Esther Duflo's TED talk: On randomized controlled trials.
Poor Economics: “Poor Economics shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.”
On Rationality:
Slate Star Codex: A project by Scott Alexander, a psychiatrist on the US West Coast that covers topic areas within science, medicine, philosophy, politics, and futurism.
RationallySpeaking: The bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics.
