If your passion is science, if at a gut level you believe that’s where you can make the best contribution, do that. Making real money takes a hell of a lot of drive; it’s not something that’s at all likely to be accomplished by following the steps because you’ve been intellectually persuaded it’s the course of highest utility.
The same is true in reverse, of course; if your passion is to start your own company, do that and donate money to immortality research.
In other words, don’t try to choose in the abstract the career of highest utility. Choose from among those careers with high utility, that one where you have comparative advantage; and listen to your gut about where your comparative advantage lies.
Making real money takes a hell of a lot of drive; it’s not something that’s at all likely to be accomplished by following the steps
I think you’re right, but many people here seem to disagree and it is quite likely I’m wrong; I haven’t actually researched in detail how difficult it is do, say, financial trading. What evidence are you basing this on?
If your passion is science, if at a gut level you believe that’s where you can make the best contribution, do that. Making real money takes a hell of a lot of drive; it’s not something that’s at all likely to be accomplished by following the steps because you’ve been intellectually persuaded it’s the course of highest utility.
The same is true in reverse, of course; if your passion is to start your own company, do that and donate money to immortality research.
In other words, don’t try to choose in the abstract the career of highest utility. Choose from among those careers with high utility, that one where you have comparative advantage; and listen to your gut about where your comparative advantage lies.
I think you’re right, but many people here seem to disagree and it is quite likely I’m wrong; I haven’t actually researched in detail how difficult it is do, say, financial trading. What evidence are you basing this on?