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80,000 Hours career planning course

Find impactful work with research-backed articles & prompts

Each week receive one article and some questions to answer, drawing from academic research and our experience advising 1,000+ people over ten years. In week 1 clarify what a fulfilling impactful career looks like, and by week 8 have concrete next steps.

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Launch tags:

Productivity•Education•Social Impact

Launch Team

Robert SE Wiblin

80,000 Hours Career Quiz

Hunter

Hey Product Hunt! We're a nonprofit that does research and advises people to help them solve big problems with their careers. *Motivation*: In our experience, there are a lot of really talented people want to do good but have no idea how, or who are stuck on a few commonly talked-about options (like being a teacher or doctor) and miss other more impactful opportunities. We created the course because we want to help these people think carefully about the *most* impactful work they can do and rigorously compare their options, as well as figure out the steps they need to take. *Details*: It starts by asking people what they think it really means to make a positive difference and what their most important priorities in life are. The next 7 weeks aim to help readers - Identify which global issues they think are most pressing - Make a shortlist of longer-term career paths they can take to address those issues - Clarify their strategic focus (e.g. should they focus now on building skills or opportunistically using the skills they have?) - Make a shortlist of ideas for next career steps - Write out nearby alternatives and backup options - Rank key uncertainties and investigate their plans - Decide the next actions they’ll take to get started We tried to ground the course in published research where possible. For example we read research on: - How to consult your gut in decision making without just blindly trusting it - How much you should push yourself to come up with more options - How neglected some global problems are compared to others. The course comes with a template to fill in and a summary of the most important points for people who don't have time for the full process. At the end, readers will have a full written career plan we think they'll be able to feel confident in.

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4yr ago

Arden Koehler

Maker

Hey everyone! I'm Arden, one of the makers of the course. I wanted to add things we'd especially love feedback on: - We know there's a ton that could be done to make it more usable from a design perspective, but what do you think is the smallest improvement that could make a difference/lowest hanging fruit? - How's the new user experience? does the beginning of the course give enough context or does it move too quickly? - What advice seems most useful in people's actual careers? What would be useful memes? - Are there parts that can be slashed? Thanks! Looking forward to hearing what people think.

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4yr ago