What I want to do is to figure out what I want to do. My basic (and vague) goal is to do the most amount of good with my future career. If I make that decision with my current tools, I will likely overlook something.
Have you looked at 80,000 hours? They have a lot of great resources for people in exactly your situation, including individual advice. I’ve found a lot of their posts extremely useful. (I’m currently earning to give, largely as a result of arguments I ran into here on LW. I’d be happy to talk in more depth, if you think it would be useful.)
I strongly agree with both of those statements.
Do you know what you’d like to do with the knowledge and skills you’re acquiring, or is that still an open question?
What I want to do is to figure out what I want to do. My basic (and vague) goal is to do the most amount of good with my future career. If I make that decision with my current tools, I will likely overlook something.
Have you looked at 80,000 hours? They have a lot of great resources for people in exactly your situation, including individual advice. I’ve found a lot of their posts extremely useful. (I’m currently earning to give, largely as a result of arguments I ran into here on LW. I’d be happy to talk in more depth, if you think it would be useful.)