BenjaminTodd

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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
Broadly, we agree that catastrophic risks are among the most important problems, but we don't think colonizing mars is the most effective thing you could do about them right now. https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles&
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
We don't recommend that - the article covers 4 paths to doing good including "direct work" as well as earning to give. Choose between those two options based on which you'd be best at and the needs of the problems you wa
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
The $40k figure is from here (obviously there's no sharp cut off, but we chose a figure that's roughly right for convenience): https://80000hours.org/career-guide/job-satisfaction/#money-... And then eve
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
We think the primary way we have impact is shifting people from options with lower social impact to higher social impact. Tracking "number of plan changes" is a reasonable proxy for that. We also evaluate what the plan changes we
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
We agree many charities aren't effective, so you can't just earn to give to random organisations. You need to spend time working out where the donations can be most effective. I think GiveWell is a good starting point: http:&#x2F
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
I definitely agree people's values are influenced by the people they spend time with. We sketch some of the evidence for that here: https://80000hours.org/articles/career-capital-in-any-job/#w... It's ju
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
That's what we expected, but actually today hundreds of people are doing it and sticking with it. I think the key things that have changed include: 1. The existence of a community who earn to give, which makes this effect work in the o
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
We also say at the end it's important to find something you enjoy and that you're good at, because that will result in a greater long-run impact (more success means more influence, less chance of burning out etc.). Also we cover w
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
You could do hardcore analysis with a utility function and some risk-aversion weighting etc. But some rough rules of thumb: * Make a target level of personal consumption you want to meet over your life (we suggest income doesn't have m
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
Usage stats: * In the last month the guide has 140,000 pageviews. * From the cover sheet, the bounce rate is 50%. Of people who start reading the intro article, about 20% make it to the end. * Of people who land on the cover sheet, about 5%
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
This is a Show HN because the article we link to is just one part of a much larger career guide (we checked with the mod). http://80000hours.org/career-guide/ There’s 8 articles, each with a video, and a planning tool
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Show HN: Why the most popular ways to do good in careers aren’t best(80000hours.org)
93 points by BenjaminTodd 10y ago|73 comments
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
no, thanks, I'll check it out.
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Positive effect, stress and feeling sad taper off, while life satisfaction is log. I don't think we say life satisfaction tapers off, but it's a bit unclear.
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cool, I'll take a read
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
Yeah - to clarify, we don't literally mean work for free. Rather, do highly side projects, make concrete proposals, trial periods, internships etc.
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
We'll also add a free ebook at some point.
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
Ug, we've been having a lot of problems with our new popup plugin. Once you're signed up, it should turn off all popups. Maybe you're blocking cookies, or it didn't take effect yet. I agree it would be better to take you
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
Sorry about that. I find popups annoying too. Unfortunately we just find we get a way higher conversion to the newsletter when we use popups, and since people need to engage over several months to get value out of the advice, getting people
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
Hi everyone, I'm the author of the piece. If you know any other good resources or statistics we should incorporate, I'm keen to hear about them. If you disagree with something, feedback is very welcome.
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All the best advice we could find on how to get a job(80000hours.org)
363 points by BenjaminTodd 10y ago|145 comments
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by BenjaminTodd 10y ago
I'm the lead author of the piece and I agree there's a lot more work to do on these issues. That's why we set up 80,000 Hours. We address one of your questions in a later article: how to work out what you're good at htt
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Which skills make you most employable?(80000hours.org)
1 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago|0 comments
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Everything you need to know about whether money makes you happy(80000hours.org)
5 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago|0 comments
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Which sign up requests in particular annoyed you?
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Our focus is on careers with social impact. That's obvious if you come in from the main site, and we mention it on the first page of the tool, but it's easy to miss if you click straight through to the tool.
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by BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Hi all, We've done one-on-one career coaching with a couple of hundred people, and found ourselves asking the same questions over and over again. So we put the most common questions into this simple tool. It acts like a checklist to ma
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Show HN: A tool that guides you through career decisions(80000hours.org)
6 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago|6 comments
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Will high stress kill you, save your life, or neither?(80000hours.org)
1 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago|0 comments
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80k hiring a freelance web engineer (S15 non-profit)(80000hours.org)
1 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago

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