1) I’m fairly intelligent, completely unskilled (aside from writing, which I have some experience in, but not the sort that I could realistically put on a resume, especially where I live), and I don’t like programming. What skills should I develop for a rewarding career?
2) On a related note, the best hypothetical sales pitch for EA would be that it can provide enough career help (presumably via some combination of statistically-informed directional advice and networking, mostly the latter) to more than make up for the 10% pledge. I don’t know how or whether this could be demonstrated, but do EA people think this is worth pursuing, or is their strategy still to use 99% of their members for publicity to attract the odd multi-millionaire?
That’s… an unusual combination unless you’re still in high school (or pursuing a liberal-arts major in college :-P).
Liberal arts major. I can code, but not well enough to get hired for it, and since I haven’t managed to get myself to like it enough to level up in it yet, I doubt I will.
1) I’m fairly intelligent, completely unskilled (aside from writing, which I have some experience in, but not the sort that I could realistically put on a resume, especially where I live), and I don’t like programming. What skills should I develop for a rewarding career?
2) On a related note, the best hypothetical sales pitch for EA would be that it can provide enough career help (presumably via some combination of statistically-informed directional advice and networking, mostly the latter) to more than make up for the 10% pledge. I don’t know how or whether this could be demonstrated, but do EA people think this is worth pursuing, or is their strategy still to use 99% of their members for publicity to attract the odd multi-millionaire?
Giving EA career help is basically the mission of https://80000hours.org/
My usual triple:
Something you like to do
Something you are or could become competent at
Something that other people are willing to pay you enough money for
Find something that satisfies all three.
That’s… an unusual combination unless you’re still in high school (or pursuing a liberal-arts major in college :-P).
Liberal arts major. I can code, but not well enough to get hired for it, and since I haven’t managed to get myself to like it enough to level up in it yet, I doubt I will.
So what happens when you apply your intelligence to the problem of acquiring marketable skills?
I decide that it can’t hurt to ask around and see what marketable skills one can acquire outside a job or formal education, other than programming.