Scott Alexander quit his day job so his employer would not be affected by the fallout.

Judge as of 2021-01-21. TRUE: dated records show that Scott Alexander left his psychiatry job before that date, and the record of his reasons (his contemporaneous posts, together with any corroborating reporting) shows that a main reason was to keep his employer and patients from being affected by fallout from the NYT story or from being publicly identified. MOSTLY TRUE: he left the job and shielding his employer was a stated reason, but a detail is off (for example timing, or whether he 'quit' the job or the practice). MOSTLY FALSE: he left, but the evidence shows the main reasons were different and shielding his employer was at most incidental. FALSE: evidence shows that he had not left his job by that date.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Well-Known Blogger Shuts Down Site for Fear of NYT 'Doxxing' Washington Free Beacon · 23 June 2020

   “Such fears are very real to Alexander, who wrote that the connection of his online persona to his personal life would pose a risk to his ability to care for his patients, in turn potentially causing him the loss of his job.”

2. E2 Update On My Situation | Slate Star Codex Slate Star Codex (Scott Alexander's blog) · 11 September 2020 Own record

   “So that’s where I am right now – trying to wind things down at my day job, very preliminarily planning a private practice, and negotiating writing details with Substack.”

3. E3 Still Alive Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander's blog) · 21 January 2021 Own record

   “Sure, my job was at risk, but I was a well-off person and could probably get another.”

4. E4 Update On My Situation Slate Star Codex (Scott Alexander's blog) · 11 September 2020 Own record

   “So that’s where I am right now – trying to wind things down at my day job, very preliminarily planning a private practice, and negotiating writing details with Substack.”

5. E5 Silicon Valley's Safe Space The New York Times (Cade Metz), PDF copy hosted at pdf.stafforini.com · 13 February 2021

   “He said this would endanger him and his patients because he had attracted many enemies online.”

6. E6 Statement on New York Times Article Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander's Substack) · 14 February 2021 Own record

   “so I took various steps to make this more survivable, including quitting my previous job so my employers and coworkers would not get embroiled in my problems”

7. E7 NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog Slate Star Codex · 22 June 2020 Own record

   “I also worry that my clinic would decide I am more of a liability than an asset and let me go, which would leave hundreds of patients in a dangerous situation as we tried to transition their care.”

8. E8 Logistics Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander's Substack) · 22 January 2021 Own record

   “My patients are random innocent people who happened to get matched with me at my past clinic and don't need to be ambushed for a news story”

The evidence that he left the job and why comes only from Alexander's own blog posts. In September 2020 he wrote that he was 'trying to wind things down at my day job' [E3/E6]. In January 2021 he referred to 'my past clinic' [E10]. In February 2021 he said he quit 'so my employers and coworkers would not get embroiled in my problems' [E8]. The independent reports [E2, E7] only confirm that he had said being named would put his patients and his job at risk. Neither shows that he left the job, when he left, or why. These are the subject's ordinary statements, not official records or independent confirmation, so the claim cannot be resolved on this evidence.