I’m working on helping effective altruists make more money and be more successful in their careers. 80,000 hours has done a great job helping people make high-level strategic decisions such as “should I work in Law or Finance?” My focus is on helping people who’ve chosen a career path be more effective and make more money. For example, I’ve helped several of my friends negotiate an increase in their salaries and hope to spread these skills amongst the EA community at large.
One example of this has been individual conversations regarding career advice. I’ve also been talking to people who have thought about this issue, such as Alexei or the folks at CFAR. By working with several people, I’m hoping to get a set of coherent career advice and turn this into a course that EAs could benefit from.
One candidate so far seems to be a course on negotiating your salary and promotions. Other common questions have included:
How do you learn to model people/organizations/markets effectively, in order to find the most valuable problems to solve?
Which skills should you prioritize learning in order to maximize income?
What factors are important in choosing a job, and what factors should be ignored?
I’m working on helping effective altruists make more money and be more successful in their careers. 80,000 hours has done a great job helping people make high-level strategic decisions such as “should I work in Law or Finance?” My focus is on helping people who’ve chosen a career path be more effective and make more money. For example, I’ve helped several of my friends negotiate an increase in their salaries and hope to spread these skills amongst the EA community at large.
One example of this has been individual conversations regarding career advice. I’ve also been talking to people who have thought about this issue, such as Alexei or the folks at CFAR. By working with several people, I’m hoping to get a set of coherent career advice and turn this into a course that EAs could benefit from.
One candidate so far seems to be a course on negotiating your salary and promotions. Other common questions have included:
How do you learn to model people/organizations/markets effectively, in order to find the most valuable problems to solve?
Which skills should you prioritize learning in order to maximize income?
What factors are important in choosing a job, and what factors should be ignored?