I don’t think “if discussing issues that have caused tremendous amounts of real world pain, you gotta avoid being contemptuous of the groups that were hurt” is a standard of care and compassion that is incompatible with rationality and high-quality writing. And not having any standard at all is flatly unworkable, and indeed not, actually, how the community actually functions.
Manya
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Oof, this is both terrifying and inspiring.
I can’t help directly, but I’ve been interacting with a lot of people trying to leave, so I’m aware of a bunch of resources that exist. You’ve probably seen many or all of these, and they’re not AI-specific, but maybe it will still help.
The most important thing I can say is, get out fast. Don’t count on whatever works to get out now to still work in a month. The borders aren’t closed yet, but they might be soon, especially for military age men. (I think the chance of this has gone down some, but it remains a live possibility.) If it’s at all possible for you financially, get out first and figure out what to do long-term after that.
With that said, here’s my list:
Эмиграция из России в свободный Мир - advice about what countries have what visa restrictions, how to cross the border, how to find jobs, lists of jobs and grants and such
Reboot Start-up Nation—Israeli-based support and job seeking network
Creatives at Risk—another post-your-resume-and-view-job-openings location
Help with work—list of jobs and resources
https://www.helpwithjobfinding.org/ - fill out a form to hear about job openings
Zimin Foundation—help for people in academia under threat because of their opposition to the war
IT Evacuation / DigitalXy—Telegram channel, what it says on the tin
IT вакансии в Армении - Telegram channel about IT jobs in Armenia specifically
Good luck!!!
JSYK, the second link to the form, before the appendix, goes to the results of the form, you probably don’t want that publicly accessible.