I haven’t heard back about the remote research position, either. I’m not sure why we haven’t heard back yet. It’s been almost a month since our submissions were due. Whatever the reason, to not hear back is discouraging. I can deal with a “Thanks for participating, but we’re hired another candidate” email or a “We’re still reviewing applications and submissions, thank you for your patience. Expect a decision on ” email. But not hearing anything? Gives me a bad pang in my stomach.
While I am also interested in the contest, I am very reluctant to enter because of this. Should I sink another 20-40 hours into researching a technical field and writing a scholarly article when I haven’t heard back about the first one? I’m not well versed in expected utility calculations, but my gut reaction is “no.” As a jobless student myself, it may be optimal to instead focus on getting a conventional job. Which is disappointing, because I sincerely want to do something meaningful to support myself. Working an entry level job, while better than being broke, doesn’t quite give me job satisfaction.
Edit: I also just want to clarify that if it’s a matter of Luke not yet having the time to have chose a candidate, I completely understand. Out of the possibilities, I find that scenario the most likely. But it’s the lack of communication at all that miffs me.
Ah, that one. OK, the way we were doing it was the assistant contacted you guys, you sent in your submissions, I was assigned to read & review them, and based on that and his own reading, Luke picked people to hire.
Of the 41 people to express interest, 16 have actually sent in submissions, and I’ve read the first 15 including yours. As far as I know, 2 of the 16 were hired in some capacity. I guess you weren’t one of them. I didn’t know none of you had heard back.
(If you’re curious, my assessment of yours was basically that you’re right that focusing on environmental changes is a powerful boost to habit-formation, but you missed a lot of important information on what could be done short of moving across the country and the requirements for habit-formation. Middle of the pack.)
I haven’t heard back about the remote research position, either. I’m not sure why we haven’t heard back yet. It’s been almost a month since our submissions were due. Whatever the reason, to not hear back is discouraging. I can deal with a “Thanks for participating, but we’re hired another candidate” email or a “We’re still reviewing applications and submissions, thank you for your patience. Expect a decision on ” email. But not hearing anything? Gives me a bad pang in my stomach.
While I am also interested in the contest, I am very reluctant to enter because of this. Should I sink another 20-40 hours into researching a technical field and writing a scholarly article when I haven’t heard back about the first one? I’m not well versed in expected utility calculations, but my gut reaction is “no.” As a jobless student myself, it may be optimal to instead focus on getting a conventional job. Which is disappointing, because I sincerely want to do something meaningful to support myself. Working an entry level job, while better than being broke, doesn’t quite give me job satisfaction.
Edit: I also just want to clarify that if it’s a matter of Luke not yet having the time to have chose a candidate, I completely understand. Out of the possibilities, I find that scenario the most likely. But it’s the lack of communication at all that miffs me.
Hey. Just to clarify, for whatever reason I haven’t been contacted with an assignment to try at all so I didn’t end up sinking any time into it.
Were you one of the habit formation applications?
Yes, I was. It my article is “How to Change a Habit, and the Implications for Rationality Teaching.”
Ah, that one. OK, the way we were doing it was the assistant contacted you guys, you sent in your submissions, I was assigned to read & review them, and based on that and his own reading, Luke picked people to hire.
Of the 41 people to express interest, 16 have actually sent in submissions, and I’ve read the first 15 including yours. As far as I know, 2 of the 16 were hired in some capacity. I guess you weren’t one of them. I didn’t know none of you had heard back.
(If you’re curious, my assessment of yours was basically that you’re right that focusing on environmental changes is a powerful boost to habit-formation, but you missed a lot of important information on what could be done short of moving across the country and the requirements for habit-formation. Middle of the pack.)
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Very helpful! Thank you very much.