How to Weigh Between Good and Bad Motivations for High Impact Jobs

Habiba Islam is a member of the 80,000 Hours career advising team.

First, the two most important links:

• Apply to receive free career coaching: 80000hours.org/hti
• Apply to join the 80k career advising team here

In this conversation, we talk about —

• How to begin planning a high-impact career
• What one-on-one calls with 80k are like (and why you might consider applying)
• Different motivations and framings for longtermism
• The case for being ambitious if you want to do good in your career
• Concrete next steps for beginning the process of career planning

You can read more about the topics we cover in this episode's write-up: hearthisidea.com/episodes/habiba.

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