Some charities are significantly more impactful than others. Find out where to donate for exceptional impact.| www.givingwhatwecan.org
Our list of the most promising high-impact career paths for helping others.| 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
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
We reviewed all the research, drawing on over 60 studies, and found the six key factors for true job satisfaction. None of them is 'following your passion'.| 80,000 Hours
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To have a big social impact with your career, you’ll want to work on the most pressing problems. This sounds obvious, but people usually fail to put this idea into practice.| 80,000 Hours
Are we prepared for the next pandemic? Pandemics — and biological risks like bioterrorism or biological weapons — pose an existential threat to humanity.| 80,000 Hours
We look at how to analyse these situations using moral philosophy, and then apply the results to some common options, like finance, law and the oil industry.| 80,000 Hours
Which problems are the biggest, most tractable, and most neglected in the world - and what can you do about them?| 80,000 Hours
Charities' fundraising materials make it seem obvious that their programs are changing lives. Are charities really accomplishing what they say they are? Are they making a difference? Conventionally, most people expect that charities are probably accomplishing good unless there's proof that money is being misappropriated. We disagree. We think that charities can easily fail to have impact, even when they're doing exactly what they say they are.| GiveWell
Some people have skills that are better suited to earning money than the other strategies. These people can take a higher earning career and donate the money to effective organisations.| 80,000 Hours