80,000 Hours Podcast Serendipity, weird bets, & cold emails that actually work: Career advice from 16 former guests
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Apr 24, 2025 AI Snips
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Build Transferable Career Aptitudes
- Focus early career on building transferable aptitudes like management or research skills.
- These aptitudes apply across causes and increase your effectiveness regardless of career changes.
Improv Lessons for Doing Good
- Improv comedy teaches valuable lessons like collaboration and adaptability through embracing others' ideas.
- Indirectly pursuing goals and trusting processes can lead to more effective, sustainable good.
Test Passion and Reach Out for Help
- Don’t rule out impact areas just because you suspect low passion; investigate motivation more deeply.
- Reach out clearly and concisely to people for advice; most experts are happy to help if you make a specific ask.