people often ask me “what did you do in your year off?” this doc is the canonical answer.

in rough order of how important they are to me/how much time i spent on them/how impactful they were for me/etc:

• manifest
  • manifest 2023
  • manifest 2024
  • professionalized version:
• OPTIC
  • competitions in the bay area, boston, london, DC
  • built a masterdoc of forecasting club materials
  • helped some forecasting clubs get started
  • professionalized version:
• manifund
  • professionalized version:
• EAGs — led teams of volunteers (+ general ops/optimizing-y things) at:
  • EAG boston 2023
  • EAG bay area 2024
  • EAGx berkeley 2024
  • EAG boston 2024
  • professionalized version:
• started writing on a blog: Brass Tacks
  • published a bunch posts, a few i’m reflectively proud of — these ones in particular:
    • https://www.brasstacks.blog/solution-production/
    • https://www.brasstacks.blog/questions-to-ask-people/
    • various lists of quotes:
      • https://www.brasstacks.blog/quotes/
      • https://www.brasstacks.blog/quotes-2/
    • https://www.brasstacks.blog/explain-im/
    • https://www.brasstacks.blog/tyatd-uni/
    • https://www.brasstacks.blog/rowing-steering/
    • https://www.brasstacks.blog/ar-srs-different/
• applied to transfer universities for undergrad; got into Berkeley
• travelled a really ridiculous amount
  • slightly professionalized version:
• built a map of the forecasting & prediction market communities