I disagree. ‘Sidekick’ attracts people who seek apprenticeships . This is not an opportunity for Nick Bostrom to mentor you, and not an opportunity for you to offer your valuable insight. The job is to silently clear his path of little obstacles and stay out of the way.
That’s not the way I perceive the word “sidekick”. Watson was not the apprentice of Holmes, nor was Sam Frodo’s apprentice. They helped their masters and learned from them, yes, but it was clear that their masters would always outclass them.
Better framing: “Want to be Nick Bostrom’s sidekick?”
… I’d take it.
I disagree. ‘Sidekick’ attracts people who seek apprenticeships . This is not an opportunity for Nick Bostrom to mentor you, and not an opportunity for you to offer your valuable insight. The job is to silently clear his path of little obstacles and stay out of the way.
That’s not the way I perceive the word “sidekick”. Watson was not the apprentice of Holmes, nor was Sam Frodo’s apprentice. They helped their masters and learned from them, yes, but it was clear that their masters would always outclass them.
I’d frame it as “Nick Bostrom needs Jeeves. Are you Jeeves?” (After P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster.)
Jeeves is drastically more competent than Wooster at pretty much everything. That may not be the image you want to call up.