I think more EAs should consider operations/management/doer careers over research careers, and that operations/management/doer careers should be higher status within the community.
I get a general vibe that in EA (and probably the world at large), that being a "deep thinking researcher"-type is way higher status than being an "operations/management/doer"-type. Yet the latter is also very high impact work, often higher impact than research (especially on the margin).
I see many EAs erroneously try to go into research and stick to research despite having very clear strengths on the operational side and insist that they shouldn't do operations work unless they clearly fail at research first.
I've personally felt this at times where I started my career very oriented towards research, was honestly only average or even below-average at it, and then switched into management, which I think has been much higher impact (and likely counterfactually generated at least a dozen or more researchers).
I think Alex Bores winning his primary in NY-12 would be very valuable for AI safety and animal welfare -- He championed and fought very hard for the NY RAISE Act and is willing to make AI safety his #1 issue in Congress. He's also vegetarian and cares a lot about animal welfare. I've met Bores a few times and personally vouch for him understanding these issues very well.
But the election is very close. If you also support Alex Bores, one very valuable thing you could consider doing is reaching out to your friends who may live in NY-12 and tell them about your support.
In fact, you might know more people in NY-12 than you think! A LinkedIn filter (bit.ly/ny-li-filter) and a Facebook filter (bit.ly/ny-fb-filter) can help you find more people. I include more details and sample reach out messages in this document --> https://bit.ly/help-bores-win