Information for Nick Beckstead

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Basic information

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Donations List Website (data still preliminary) donor

List of positions (9 positions)

Organization Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
80,000 Hours Trustee 2023-03-31 board member [1], [2]
Centre for Effective Altruism Trustee board member [3], [4]
Effective Altruism Funds Advisor (Open Philanthropy) advisor [5]
FTX Future Fund CEO 2021-11-01 2022-11-10 [6], [7], [8] Resigned upon FTX bankruptcy
Future of Humanity Institute Research Fellow 2013-06-01 2014-11-01 [7], [9], [10]
GiveWell Research Analyst 2014-12-17 2016-09-01 full-time [11], [12]
Longview Philanthropy Advisor 2021-01-01 advisor [13]
Open Philanthropy Program Officer 2016-01-01 2021-11-01 [7]
Open Philanthropy Research Analyst 2014-12-01 2015-12-01 [7]

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Organization documents (1 document)

Title Publication date Author Publisher Affected organizations Affected people Document scope Cause area Notes
Thoughts on my experience working at GiveWell 2013-11-04 Nick Beckstead 80,000 Hours GiveWell Nick Beckstead Job experience Charity evaluator Nick Beckstead describes his experience working at GiveWell for two months for a trial work period. He describes his work as involving literature searches, literature evaluation, and cost-effectiveness models. He describes GiveWell as having a direct feedback culture and less autonomy than academia, though he says that the latter was not a problem for him because he and his manager were in synch. He also notes that GiveWell is strong in terms of personal development and the impact of the work, and he personally also found the job satisfying. Ultimately, Beckstead chose to work at the Future of Humanity Institute instead, but recommends to people interested to try a trial work period at GiveWell.

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Brian Tse 3 80,000 Hours, GiveWell, Open Philanthropy
Howie Lempel 3 80,000 Hours, GiveWell, Open Philanthropy
Julia Wise 3 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism, GiveWell
Michelle Hutchinson 3 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism, Effective Altruism Funds
Niel Bowerman 3 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism, Future of Humanity Institute
William MacAskill 3 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism, FTX Future Fund
James Snowden 3 Centre for Effective Altruism, GiveWell, Open Philanthropy
Elie Hassenfeld 3 Effective Altruism Funds, GiveWell, Open Philanthropy
Lewis Bollard 3 Effective Altruism Funds, GiveWell, Open Philanthropy
Andrew Snyder-Beattie 3 Future of Humanity Institute, Longview Philanthropy, Open Philanthropy
Daniel Dewey 3 Future of Humanity Institute, GiveWell, Open Philanthropy
Owen Cotton-Barratt 2 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism
Alex Lawsen 2 80,000 Hours, Open Philanthropy
Andrew Leeke 2 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism
Benjamin Todd 2 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism
Caitlin Elizondo 2 80,000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism