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About the career guide
Our guide is based on over 10 years of research into what the best available evidence says about how to find a fulfilling career that does good.
Deeper thinking about doing good
How confident can we be that our actions have a positive impact, and for whom? How do we decide which of the many pressing problems in the world to work on?
Our research aims to help you make informed, intentional decisions on what to do with perhaps your most valuable asset for doing good in the world: your career.
Make a career plan you can feel confident in
Career planning can be complex and uncertain, particularly if you care deeply about doing good and helping others alongside more conventional goals.
Our career guide is full of practical tips and exercises to help you navigate uncertainties and explore your options. At the end, you'll have a full draft of your new career plan.
Our career guide can help you make a difference
One day you'll look back over all the time you spent at work. This guide will help you make sure that you spent your time well.
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About 80,000 Hours
80,000 Hours provides research and support to help students and graduates switch into careers that effectively tackle the world’s most pressing problems. We’re a nonprofit, and everything we provide is free.
80,000 Hours started in 2011 when our founders, Ben and Will, were about to graduate from Oxford, and were wondering what to do with their own careers. They wanted to make a difference, but the standard advice didn’t have much to say about which paths would be highest impact. So they started doing their own research, and eventually founded 80,000 Hours.
Their aim from the start has been to provide the advice they wish they’d had: in-depth, based on the best research available, and taking seriously the question of how to do the most good.
Since then, we’ve gone through Y Combinator, spoken to hundreds of experts, read all the relevant literature we can find, and conducted our own analyses of many career paths. Over 3,000 people have told us they’ve changed to higher-impact paths due to our advice. Read more.