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Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?

Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?

Update: 2023-09-03

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Answer: Especially early in your career, take options that will give you career capital — skills, connections, credentials, character, and runway that put you in a better position to make a difference. Examples include working at high-performing growing organisations, graduate studies in certain subjects such as economics, or learning concrete skills like information security or China expertise. Be careful with humanities PhDs, charity jobs, and vocational qualifications.

Here we lay out many strategies for putting yourself in a better position.

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Introduction: Why read this guide?

Introduction: Why read this guide?

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Part 1: What makes for a dream job?

Part 1: What makes for a dream job?

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Part 2: Can one person make a difference? What the evidence says.

Part 2: Can one person make a difference? What the evidence says.

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Part 3: Three ways anyone can make a difference, no matter their job

Part 3: Three ways anyone can make a difference, no matter their job

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Part 4: Want to do good? Here’s how to choose an area to focus on.

Part 4: Want to do good? Here’s how to choose an area to focus on.

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Part 5: The world’s biggest problems and why they’re not what first comes to mind

Part 5: The world’s biggest problems and why they’re not what first comes to mind

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Part 6: Which jobs help people the most?

Part 6: Which jobs help people the most?

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Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?

Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?

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Part 8: How to find the right career for you

Part 8: How to find the right career for you

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Part 9: How to make your career plan

Part 9: How to make your career plan

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Part 10: All the best advice we could find on how to get a job

Part 10: All the best advice we could find on how to get a job

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Part 11: One of the most powerful ways to improve your career — join a community.

Part 11: One of the most powerful ways to improve your career — join a community.

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The end: A cheery final note — imagining your deathbed

The end: A cheery final note — imagining your deathbed

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Appendix A: The meaning of making a difference

Appendix A: The meaning of making a difference

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Appendix B: All the evidence-based advice we found on how to be more successful in any job

Appendix B: All the evidence-based advice we found on how to be more successful in any job

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Appendix C: Four biases to avoid in career decisions

Appendix C: Four biases to avoid in career decisions

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Appendix D: How to make tough career decisions

Appendix D: How to make tough career decisions

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Appendix E: Is it ever OK to take a harmful job in order to do more good? An in-depth analysis

Appendix E: Is it ever OK to take a harmful job in order to do more good? An in-depth analysis

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Appendix H: Career review summaries

Appendix H: Career review summaries

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Appendix G: Additional resources

Appendix G: Additional resources

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Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?

Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?

Benjamin Todd & the 80,000 Hours team