Today’s conversation is with Nadia Montazeri, who completed her medical school in Bonn, after which she worked as a psychiatry resident in Bern, Switzerland. Subsequently, she held the role of program director at Effective Altruism Switzerland. Effective Altruism (EA) is an organisation that uses evidence and reason to figure out how to most effectively make the world a better place. As part of her role, she coordinated the strategy for EA movement building in Switzerland.

We discuss:

- the transferable skills she got from her medical training;

- the intricacies of community building; and  

- the importance of finding a topic area (or aptitude) about which you develop shower thoughts. 

I really enjoyed this conversation, so I hope you do too.

Show notes: 

1) Scott Alexander - "SHOULD YOU REVERSE ANY ADVICE YOU HEAR?" 

2) Holden Karnofsky - "My current impression on career choice for longtermists"