“80,000 Hours: Job Birds” by Conor Barnes 🔶

Hi everybody!

I'm Conor. I run the 80,000 Hours Job Board. Or I used to. As of today — April 1 — we are becoming Job Birds!

We've been talking to users for the last few years about making this change, and people have overwhelmingly been in favour (remember, there are six or more birds for every human on Earth). Whether it's the daily emails asking me to finally switch, or the flocks of people accosting me at conferences to urge a migration to Job Birds, the demand is overwhelming! Luckily, the wait is over!

I've included an FAQ below of the most common questions we receive.

FAQ

• Do these birds have jobs?
  • In a sense, no. In another, preferred sense, definitely! They have roles in ecological niches.
• What's a good bird to get started with?
  • The peregrine falcon.
• What's the theory of change?
  • Birds are [...]

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First published:
April 1st, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Lee6hyYo7F5BNQJEj/80-000-hours-job-birds

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