The 80000 Hours Career Guide — Find a fulfilling career that does good

Explore the importance of making informed career choices that can lead to both fulfillment and global impact. Delve into personal stories and research that highlight the significant time we spend working. Uncover a research-based approach to career planning that challenges the notion of simply following your passion. Learn how to identify and tackle impactful problems, empowering you to make decisions that truly contribute to society.

Explore the keys to a fulfilling career, moving beyond the myths of passion and high salaries. Discover the complex link between income and happiness and how workplace stress affects well-being. Learn about six essential ingredients that contribute to job satisfaction, emphasizing engaging work and supportive relationships. Find out how skill development in meaningful roles can enhance life satisfaction and receive practical tips to assess your strengths and potential impact in the job market.

Lieutenant Colonel in the Soviet military achieved extraordinary impact. Exploring impact of doctors and why it's often lower than expected. Highest-impact careers showcased with examples of profound influence. Making a difference and increasing social impact through unconventional paths.

Learn about three ways anyone can make a difference in any job, including giving 10% of your income to the world's poorest people, promoting important causes, or helping others to have a greater impact.

Explore the process of choosing a career focus that can make a difference by considering scale, neglect, urgency, and impact. Prioritize neglected areas for social impact, like healthcare in poor countries. Choose an area to focus on by identifying big, neglected, and solvable problems. Select the right problem for maximum impact by examining the criteria for identifying pressing problems.

Explore the world's most urgent problems, focusing on global health, threats like climate change and AI, strategies for addressing global problems, capacity building and effective altruism, and building skills for addressing global problems.

The podcast explores different ways to make a significant positive impact through careers, including earning to give, spreading ideas and community building, research, and various career paths. It also discusses the potential ethical challenges and importance of career alignment.

Explore strategies for putting yourself in a better career position, such as gaining valuable skills, connections, and credentials. Consider the impact of AI on various industries and the importance of developing harder-to-automate skills. Learn how to choose the right work environment and graduate program, and hear stories of different paths to pursuing a fulfilling career in economics, computer science, and policy.

Explore unconventional methods of finding the right career, challenge traditional advice, think like a scientist, and experiment with different options. Understand success in different fields, the importance of personal fit, and the limitations of intuition and career tests. Discover the benefits of exploring different career paths and strategies for high-risk, high-reward choices. Learn how to think like a scientist, make hypotheses, and investigate uncertainties through tests.

Explore, build career capital, and deploy it to have an impact. Create a plan A, B, and Z. Update your plan every few years. Set a review point to evaluate your progress and make necessary changes.