I’d like to hire a few people (maybe 2 researchers median?) in 2021. I think my default “things are going pretty well” story involves doubling something like every 1-2 years for a while. Where that caps out / slows down a lot depends on how the field shapes out and how broad our activities are. I would be surprised if I wanted to stop growing at <10 people just based on the stuff I really know I want to do.
The very first hires will probably be people who want to work on the kind of theory I do, since right now that’s what I’m feeling most excited about and really want to set up a team working on. I don’t really know where that will end up going.
Once getting that going I’m not sure whether the next step will be growing it further or branching out into other things, and it will probably depend on how the theory work goes. I could also imagine doing enough theory on my own to change my view about how promising it is and make initial hires in another area instead.
I’d like to hire a few people (maybe 2 researchers median?) in 2021. I think my default “things are going pretty well” story involves doubling something like every 1-2 years for a while. Where that caps out / slows down a lot depends on how the field shapes out and how broad our activities are. I would be surprised if I wanted to stop growing at <10 people just based on the stuff I really know I want to do.
The very first hires will probably be people who want to work on the kind of theory I do, since right now that’s what I’m feeling most excited about and really want to set up a team working on. I don’t really know where that will end up going.
Once getting that going I’m not sure whether the next step will be growing it further or branching out into other things, and it will probably depend on how the theory work goes. I could also imagine doing enough theory on my own to change my view about how promising it is and make initial hires in another area instead.