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It’s hard to say things that are genuinely useful for people with a wide set of goals for their career. Assuming you have common, conventional goals helps keep things manageable. But we all have our own unique situations, skills and values, and what you might find useful is often the opposite of what others need to hear.
Putting yourself forward for more ambitious jobs, for example. Some people are overconfident in their abilities and need practical, concrete advice to develop their skills first. Others are underconfident, and need encouragement and support to risk rejection.
A lot of common career advice assumes that what you value in a job, beyond meeting your day-to-day needs, is ever-higher income and status. If what you actually want is to do good and make a big, positive, meaningful difference in the world, you probably need different advice.
If you want that kind of advice, check out the 80,000 Hours career guide. They’re a nonprofit, everything they offer is free, and their only aim is to help people do more good with their careers.
If that sounds useful (or at least, more useful than the next opinion piece on the importance of posture during salary negotiations), you can get a free copy of their career guide at: 80000hours.org/jamesclear
