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TLDR: In February, I moved to Da Nang, Vietnam, to live and work with a group of EA people I mostly hadn't met. See our website and original forum post here. We're now extending until July, and we have room for more people[1]. If you're working on something impact-focused and want to spend a few weeks or months doing it surrounded by cool people, then come stay with us and join our Discord! We're really excited to grow our community. The rest of this post is my honest account of why this has been one of the better decisions I've made.

I'm bad at networking

I've always struggled with conference 1-on-1s. Luckily, I think trust is built more through many small interactions in different contexts. At a coliving hub, you have many shots. You see the same people at dinner. You overhear them on calls. You watch how they react when their code doesn't work. You see how they deal with unique and stressful situations. You watch them change their mind about something. After three weeks of this, you know whether you'd want to work with them in a way that no 30-minute conversation could ever [...]

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Outline:

(00:47) Im bad at networking

(01:41) Accountability

(02:28) Flying across the world puts you in a different headspace

(02:58) I cant talk to my family about my job

(03:40) Quick feedback loops

(04:19) In-person coordination is fast

(05:02) Sounds like a bubble

(06:00) Its fun

(06:44) Were extending until July

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First published:
March 24th, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jkhLQteQhidBTNr5T/why-more-eas-should-move-to-vietnam

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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