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> The notion that meaningful work is inversely correlated with pay is one of the most detrimental myths that prevent smart people from even starting to look for
by wolfgke 7y ago
> The notion that meaningful work is inversely correlated with pay is one of the most detrimental myths that prevent smart people from even starting to look for high-impact companies and roles. It's a convenient but weak excuse.
> Off the top of my head, here are a couple of high-impact, high-paying companies that are currently hiring: - Tala (https://tala.co/ https://tala.co/) - Upsolve (https://upsolve.org/ https://upsolve.org/) - Jupiter (https://jupiterintel.com/ https://jupiterintel.com/) - One Concern (https://www.oneconcern.com/ https://www.oneconcern.com/) - Promise (https://joinpromise.com/ https://joinpromise.com/)
"Meaningful work" does not mean soving social problems (as all your examples in some sense do). I know lots of great mathematicians and physicists who would find it magnitudes more meaningful to solve problems from their respective area, but could neither get a job in academia nor there exist companies where you can work on such questions.