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#108 – Chris Olah on working at top AI labs without an undergrad degree

80,000 Hours Podcast

ADVICE

Pareto Frontier of Skills

  • Consider the Pareto frontier of skills, where society often produces people optimized for standard skill sets.
  • Find useful intersections of skills that aren't these standard skills, as there can be a lot of value in these intersections.
  • It's easier to have a big impact by being at an intersection of skills that people don't have, rather than trying to become the world's best at one skill.
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