AI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment

Planning a High-Impact Career: A Summary of Everything You Need to Know in 7 Points

April 16, 2024 BlueDot Impact
Planning a High-Impact Career: A Summary of Everything You Need to Know in 7 Points
AI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment
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AI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment
Planning a High-Impact Career: A Summary of Everything You Need to Know in 7 Points
Apr 16, 2024
BlueDot Impact

We took 10 years of research and what we’ve learned from advising 1,000+ people on how to build high-impact careers, compressed that into an eight-week course to create your career plan, and then compressed that into this three-page summary of the main points.

(It’s especially aimed at people who want a career that’s both satisfying and has a significant positive impact, but much of the advice applies to all career decisions.)

Original article:
https://80000hours.org/career-planning/summary/

Author:
Benjamin Todd

A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Learn more on the AI Safety Fundamentals website.

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We took 10 years of research and what we’ve learned from advising 1,000+ people on how to build high-impact careers, compressed that into an eight-week course to create your career plan, and then compressed that into this three-page summary of the main points.

(It’s especially aimed at people who want a career that’s both satisfying and has a significant positive impact, but much of the advice applies to all career decisions.)

Original article:
https://80000hours.org/career-planning/summary/

Author:
Benjamin Todd

A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Learn more on the AI Safety Fundamentals website.

#1. Use these three factors to clarify what a successful career looks like.
#2. Think hard about which global problems you work on — it might be the most important choice you make.
#3. You can’t predict where you’ll end up, but you should have some hypotheses about the best longer-term career paths.
#4. Career strategy has three basic steps: explore, take bets on paths that build your strengths, and then use your strengths to solve pressing problems.
#5. Work both backwards and forwards to find your next career move.
#6. Have a plan B and a plan Z.
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