Should you play to your comparative advantage when choosing your career? - 80,000 Hours
“Do the job that’s your comparative advantage” might sound obvious but it's not clear how much the concept applies.| 80,000 Hours
“Do the job that’s your comparative advantage” might sound obvious but it's not clear how much the concept applies.| 80,000 Hours
Many people take jobs early in their career that leave them stranded later on. Why does this happen and how can you avoid it?| 80,000 Hours
We argue that operations management is among the highest-impact roles in the effective altruism and existential risk communities right now, and address common misconceptions about the roles.| 80,000 Hours
Update April 2019: We think that our use of the term 'talent gaps' in this post (and elsewhere) has caused some confusion. We've written a post clarifying what we meant by the term and addressing some misconceptions that our use of it may have caused. Most importantly, we now think it's much more useful to talk about specific skills and abilities that are important constraints on particular problems rather than talking about 'talent constraints' in general terms. This page may be misleading i...| 80,000 Hours
Self-help often says you should be more ambitious. This isn't always good advice. But if you want to do good, here are 4 reasons it makes sense.| 80,000 Hours
When you’re part of a community doing the most good becomes much more of a coordination problem.| 80,000 Hours
When we work together, we can do far more good in the world. We cover the basics of coordination and practical tips for doing it more effectively.| 80,000 Hours
