Careers (Topic archive)

Computer science algorithms tackle fundamental and universal problems. Can they help us live better, or is that a false hope?

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published November 22nd, 2018

PhD or programming? Fast paths into aligning AI as a machine learning engineer, according to ML engineers Catherine Olsson & Daniel Ziegler

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published November 2nd, 2018

Philosophy Prof Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness, population ethics, probability within a multiverse, & harnessing the brainpower of academia to tackle the most important research questions

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published October 23rd, 2018

Economics Prof Tyler Cowen says our overwhelming priorities should be maximising economic growth and making civilization more stable. Is he right?

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published October 17th, 2018

Ways people trying to do good accidentally make things worse, and how to avoid them

Key article by Robert Wiblin and Howie Lempel · Published October 16th, 2018

What skills or experience are most needed within professional effective altruism in 2018? And which problems are most effective to work on? New survey of organisational leaders.

Blog post by Robert Wiblin and Howie Lempel · Published October 8th, 2018

Have a particular strength? Already an expert in a field? Here are the socially impactful careers 80,000 Hours suggests you consider first.

Key article by Benjamin Todd · Published October 6th, 2018

New career review on becoming an academic researcher: Highlights on your chances of success, which fields have highest GRE scores, & having impact outside research

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published October 4th, 2018

Academic Research

Dr Paul Christiano on how OpenAI is developing real solutions to the ‘AI alignment problem’, and his vision of how humanity will progressively hand over decision-making to AI systems

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published October 2nd, 2018

Academic research

Career review by Jess Whittlestone · Published October 1st, 2018

Recent research we’ve published: Our top 10 careers for social impact; Congressional staffing; Comparative advantage; And can you guess which psychology experiments will replicate?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published September 30th, 2018

Careers

Daniel Ellsberg on the creation of nuclear doomsday machines, the institutional insanity that maintains them, and a practical plan for dismantling them.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published September 24th, 2018

American with a science PhD? Get a fast-track into AI and STEM policy by applying for the acclaimed AAAS Science & Technology Fellowship by Nov 1.

Blog post by Niel Bowerman · Published September 18th, 2018

Tackling the ethics of infinity, being clueless about the effects of our actions, and having moral empathy for intellectual adversaries, with philosopher Dr Amanda Askell

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published September 11th, 2018

If the US put fewer people in prison, would crime go up? Not at all, according to Open Philanthropy’s renowned researcher David Roodman.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published August 28th, 2018

How well can we actually predict the future? Katja Grace on why expert opinion isn’t a great guide to AI’s impact and how to do better

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published August 21st, 2018

These are the world’s highest impact career paths according to our research

Key article by Benjamin Todd · Published August 12th, 2018

How much should you change your beliefs based on new evidence? Dr Spencer Greenberg on the scientific approach to solving difficult everyday questions

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published August 7th, 2018

Prof Yew-Kwang Ng is a visionary economist who anticipated many key ideas in effective altruism decades ago. Here’s his take on ethics and how to create a much happier world.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published July 26th, 2018

Finding the best charity requires estimating the unknowable. Here’s how GiveWell tries to do that, according to researcher James Snowden.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published July 16th, 2018

Tanya Singh on ending the operations management bottleneck in effective altruism

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published July 11th, 2018

How the audacity to fix things without asking permission can change the world, demonstrated by Tara Mac Aulay

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published June 22nd, 2018

Politics is so much worse because we use an atrocious 18th century voting system. Aaron Hamlin has a viable plan to fix it.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published May 31st, 2018

Oxford University’s Dr Anders Sandberg on if dictators could live forever, the annual risk of nuclear war, solar flares, and more.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published May 29th, 2018

Economist Bryan Caplan thinks education is mostly pointless showing off. We test the strength of his case.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published May 22nd, 2018

Congressional staffer

Career review by Alex Mann and Richard Batty · Published May 17th, 2018

Dr Eva Vivalt’s research suggests social science findings don’t generalize. So evidence-based development – what is it good for?

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published May 15th, 2018

Where are the aliens? Three new resolutions to the Fermi Paradox. And how we could easily colonise the whole universe.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published May 8th, 2018

Why daring scientists should have to get liability insurance, according to Dr Owen Cotton-Barratt

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published April 27th, 2018

Academic Research

How exactly clean meat is created & the advances needed to get it into every supermarket, according to food scientist Marie Gibbons

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published April 10th, 2018

Why operations management is one of the biggest bottlenecks in effective altruism

Key article by Benjamin Todd and Roman Duda · Published March 31st, 2018

Why we have to lie to ourselves about why we do what we do, according to Prof Robin Hanson

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published March 28th, 2018

Why it’s a bad idea to break the rules, even if it’s for a good cause

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published March 20th, 2018

Yes, a career in commercial law has earning potential. We still don’t recommend it.

Blog post by Natalie Cargill · Published March 8th, 2018

Lawyer

A new recommended career path for effective altruists: China specialist

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published March 8th, 2018

The non-profit that figured out how to massively cut suicide rates in Sri Lanka, and their plan to do the same around the world

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published March 7th, 2018

UK Commercial Law (for earning to give)

Career review by Natalie Cargill · Published March 3rd, 2018

Careers

The world’s most intellectual foundation is hiring. Holden Karnofsky, founder of GiveWell, on how philanthropy can have maximum impact by taking big risks.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published February 27th, 2018

Bruce Friedrich makes the case that inventing outstanding meat replacements is the most effective way to help animals

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published February 19th, 2018

“It’s my job to worry about any way nukes could get used”

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published February 14th, 2018

Our descendants will probably see us as moral monsters. What should we do about that?

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published January 19th, 2018

Michelle hopes to shape the world by shaping the ideas of intellectuals. Will global priorities research succeed?

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published December 22nd, 2017

Prof Tetlock on predicting catastrophes, why keep your politics secret, and when experts know more than you

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published November 20th, 2017

Why you should consider applying for grad school right now

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published November 17th, 2017

We can use science to end poverty faster. But how much do governments listen to it?

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published October 31st, 2017

Dr Beth Cameron fought Ebola for the White House. Now she works to stop something even worse.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published October 25th, 2017

Speeding up social science 10-fold, how to do research that’s actually useful, & why plenty of startups cause harm

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published October 17th, 2017

Research

New problem profile: Improving institutional decision-making

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published October 7th, 2017

Government

New career review: Policy-oriented civil service (with a UK focus)

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published October 7th, 2017

Government

Policy-oriented government jobs

Career review by Richard Batty · Published October 5th, 2017

Our computers are fundamentally insecure. Here’s why that could lead to global catastrophe.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published October 4th, 2017

Julia Galef on making humanity more rational, what EA does wrong, and why Twitter isn’t all bad

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published September 13th, 2017

Working at effective non-profits

Career review by Roman Duda · Published September 9th, 2017

Careers

Making millions for charity each year by working in quant finance

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published August 28th, 2017

Which professions are paid too much given their value to society?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published June 27th, 2017

Prof David Spiegelhalter on risk, statistics and improving the public understanding of science

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published June 21st, 2017

Academic Research

Machine Learning PhD

Career review by Richard Batty · Published June 19th, 2017

Working at effective altruist organisations

Career review by Roman Duda · Published June 19th, 2017

Careers

The Schwarzman Scholarship: An exciting opportunity to learn more about China and get a Masters in Global Affairs

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published June 13th, 2017

Government

Guide to working in AI policy and strategy

Key article · Published June 7th, 2017

The world desperately needs AI strategists. Here’s how to become one.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin · Published June 6th, 2017

How much do hedge fund traders earn?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published May 10th, 2017

Which industry has the highest paying jobs?

Key article by Benjamin Todd · Published May 10th, 2017

Allied health professional

Career review by Brenton Mayer · Published March 31st, 2017

Careers

5 reasons not to go into education

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published January 16th, 2017

Product manager in tech

Career review by Richard Batty · Published December 6th, 2016

Careers

How much is one vote worth?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published November 4th, 2016

Maria Gutierrez on doing good through art, Costa Rica and why 80,000 Hours changed her career

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published June 2nd, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Global priorities research

Problem profile by Roman Duda · Last updated July 2018

Interview: trying to change the resources industry from the inside

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 25th, 2016

New career review: web designer

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published February 23rd, 2016

Design

Web designer

Career review by Roman Duda · Published February 23rd, 2016

Careers

What the literature says about the earnings of entrepreneurs

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 19th, 2016

Entrepreneurship

Is nursing or headhunting the best career for you?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published February 17th, 2016

Medicine

Executive search

Career review by Robert Wiblin · Last updated February 2016

Careers

Doing good through for-profits: Wave and financial tech

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published February 15th, 2016

Tech Entrepreneurship

Nursing

Career review by Robert Wiblin · Published February 15th, 2016

Careers

We can learn a lot from Tara, who left pharmacy to work in effective altruism

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published February 10th, 2016

Plan change story: interview with Dillon Bowen, founder of Effective Altruism group at Tufts University

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published February 8th, 2016

10 steps to a job in politics

Blog post by Tildy Stokes · Published January 27th, 2016

Party Politics

Podcast with Ben West, who expects to donate tens of millions for charity through tech entrepreneurship

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 24th, 2015

Who should found a startup? Podcast with the founder of Entrepreneur First

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 21st, 2015

Plan change story: from neuroscience academia to cost-effectiveness research

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published December 8th, 2015

Lehua closed down her fundraising startup after reading our blog: plan change story

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published December 3rd, 2015

One of the most exciting new effective altruist organisations: An interview with David Goldberg of the Founders Pledge

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published November 26th, 2015

Take the growth approach to evaluating startup non-profits, not the marginal approach

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 26th, 2015

Why and how to found a (GiveWell) non-profit

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 13th, 2015

Founding Effective Non-profits

Research into risks from artificial intelligence

Career review by Jess Whittlestone · Published October 14th, 2015

Startup employees don’t earn more

Blog post by Ben West · Published October 7th, 2015

The return to coding bootcamps may not remain so high forever

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published September 21st, 2015

Software Engineering

Are too many people going into biomedical research – or too few?

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published September 15th, 2015

Will effective altruism destroy the arts? No.

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published September 13th, 2015

What do journalists say about journalism as a high-impact career?

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published September 3rd, 2015

What do leaders of effective non-profits say about working in non-profits?

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published September 1st, 2015

Biomedical research

Career review by Roman Duda · Published August 14th, 2015

Careers

4 reasons working at a foundation is better than you think

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published August 10th, 2015

Can you have more impact working in a foundation than earning to give?

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published July 30th, 2015

Foundation grantmaker

Career review by Roman Duda · Published July 30th, 2015

Careers

Is wealth inequality so extreme that it’s OK to be a ruthless trader?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 22nd, 2015

Startup early employee

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Last updated September 2015

Careers

If you want to save lives, should you study medicine? Probably not.

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 20th, 2015

Doctor

Think tank research

Career review by Robert Wiblin · Published July 13th, 2015

Careers

Teaching

Career review by Robert Wiblin · Published July 13th, 2015

Careers

Pursuing fame in art and entertainment

Career review by Robert Wiblin · Published July 13th, 2015

Careers

Medical careers

Career review by Gregory Lewis · Published July 13th, 2015

Careers

Actuarial science

Career review by Robert Wiblin · Published July 13th, 2015

Careers

Why you usually shouldn’t work at non-profits straight after graduation

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published July 8th, 2015

Effective altruists love systemic change

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 8th, 2015

80,000 Hours thinks that only a small proportion of people should earn to give long term

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published July 6th, 2015

In some careers your parents can give you a huge boost. Should you do what they did?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 3rd, 2015

I want to make a difference. Should I work in marketing?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published July 2nd, 2015

Sales and marketing

What are your chances of getting elected to Congress, if you try?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 2nd, 2015

Marketing (for skill-building & earning to give)

Career review by Roman Duda · Last updated July 2015

Careers

I want to make a difference. Should I become a philosopher?

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published June 27th, 2015

PhDs

Philosophy PhD

Career review by William MacAskill · Published June 27th, 2015

Careers

Should you go into journalism to make a difference?

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published June 25th, 2015

Journalism

Journalism

Career review by Roman Duda · Last updated June 2015

Careers

Should you do a computer science PhD?

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published June 20th, 2015

Computer Science PhD

Career review by Roman Duda · Published June 18th, 2015

Careers

Why an economics PhD might be the best graduate program

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published June 18th, 2015

Economics PhD

Career review by Roman Duda · Published June 17th, 2015

Advice on entering a US economics PhD from the UK with a non-quantitative background

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published June 16th, 2015

New profile on a new career path: data science

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published June 13th, 2015

Data science

Data science (for skill-building & earning to give)

Career review by Roman Duda · Published June 13th, 2015

Careers

New in-depth profile on software engineering

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published June 11th, 2015

Software Engineering

Software engineering at large tech-firms (for skill-building & earning to give)

Career review by Roman Duda · Last updated June 2015

Careers

New in-depth profile on management consulting

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published May 11th, 2015

Consulting

Get paid to do existential risk reduction research

Blog post by Roman Duda · Published April 7th, 2015

Management consulting (for skill-building & earning to give)

Career review by Nick Beckstead · Last updated April 2015

Careers

Education research: Interview with Dan Greene

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published March 12th, 2015

PhDs

How to get “elite” jobs: Dartmouth is not good enough

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 24th, 2015

How to start a career in technology (even if you studied art)

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 6th, 2015

Why apply to Teach First?: An interview with the UK’s largest graduate recruiter

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 18th, 2014

The camel doesn’t have two humps – update to software engineering profile

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 13th, 2014

Software Engineering

Learn to code in 16 weeks for free in the UK at Founders and Coders

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 10th, 2014

Interested in working in international development? Consider 2Seeds.

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 4th, 2014

Serial social entrepreneur, Michael Norton OBE, speaks in Oxford

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 20th, 2014

What I learned quitting my job to found a tech startup

Blog post by Ben West · Published October 16th, 2014

Tech Entrepreneurship

Update on Peter’s career story

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published October 14th, 2014

Tips on careers in journalism from NPR correspondent David Folkenflik

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published October 8th, 2014

Should you move to Thailand?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published September 26th, 2014

Update: In which career can you make the most difference?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published September 24th, 2014

Finance

Conversation with Paul Penley of Excellence in Giving

Blog post by Katja Grace · Published September 3rd, 2014

Trading in quantitative hedge funds (for earning to give)

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 28th, 2014

Careers

Front office finance (for skill-building & earning to give)

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 21st, 2014

Careers

Party politics

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 21st, 2014

Founding effective non-profits (international development)

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 21st, 2014

Careers

Program manager in international organizations

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 21st, 2014

Careers

Tech startup founder

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 6th, 2014

Careers

Foundation influence interview with Kerry Vaughan

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published July 31st, 2014

How to influence policy? An interview with Owen Barder of the Center for Global Development

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published July 28th, 2014

Politics

Careers in journalism – an interview with Larissa MacFarquhar

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published July 25th, 2014

The payoff and probability of obtaining venture capital

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published June 25th, 2014

Tech Entrepreneurship

Which university has better entrepreneurs?

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published June 24th, 2014

What is the average net worth of Stanford entrepreneurs?

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published June 18th, 2014

Entrepreneurship

Increasing your earnings as a doctor

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published June 17th, 2014

Case series – why and how to learn programming

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published June 10th, 2014

Software Engineering

How much do Y Combinator founders earn?

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published May 27th, 2014

Biographies of Top Entrepreneurs

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published May 6th, 2014

Tech Entrepreneurship

Shared values predict startup success? An interview with Saberr

Blog post by Thomas Hendrey · Published May 1st, 2014

App Academy interview with Buck Shlegeris

Blog post by Ryan Carey · Published April 28th, 2014

The Undercover Economist speaks to 80,000 Hours

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published April 22nd, 2014

Interview with Matt Gibb

Blog post by Thomas Hendrey · Published February 25th, 2014

Case study: earning to give compared to medical research

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 19th, 2014

An estimate of the expected influence of becoming a politician

Blog post by Paul Christiano · Published February 12th, 2014

Party Politics

Assessing the social value produced by founding Google

Blog post by Jonah Sinick · Published February 11th, 2014

Tech Entrepreneurship

In which career can you make the most difference?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 5th, 2014

5 ways to make a big difference in any career

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 3rd, 2014

Case study: can I earn more in software or finance?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published January 30th, 2014

Interview with leading HIV vaccine researcher – Prof. Sir Andrew McMichael

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published January 28th, 2014

Reasoning about influence in politics

Blog post by Paul Christiano · Published January 23rd, 2014

Case study: choosing between working at Effective Altruist organisations, Earning to Give and Graduate school

Blog post by Peter Hurford · Published January 9th, 2014

Research into the earnings of software engineers

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published January 6th, 2014

A comparison of medical research and earning to give

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published December 13th, 2013

More Evidence on the Competitiveness of Charity Jobs

Blog post by Collin O'Rourke · Published December 4th, 2013

Non-Profit

Economics PhD the only one worth getting?

Blog post by Collin O'Rourke · Published December 2nd, 2013

Economics PhD

An attempt to create a new AMF

Blog post by Clara Marquardt · Published November 25th, 2013

Careers advice from top tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 21st, 2013

Interview with malaria vaccine researcher Katie Ewer

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 20th, 2013

Career Opportunities for Economics PhDs

Blog post by Collin O'Rourke · Published November 18th, 2013

Economics PhD

Interview with a Cambridge Professor of Medical Genetics on research careers

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 14th, 2013

Case study: Working in the financial sector to promote a flourishing long-term future

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 13th, 2013

Live Q&A in Oxford with Dame Stephanie Shirley

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 11th, 2013

What should you do with a very large amount of money?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published November 6th, 2013

Why consider becoming a trader?

Blog post by Joe · Published October 30th, 2013

Interview with the World Health Organisation

Blog post by Peter Hurford · Published October 25th, 2013

Foundation Program Management

Why I’m doing a PhD

Blog post by Jess Whittlestone · Published October 22nd, 2013

Interview with the founder of Giving Games

Blog post by Peter Hurford · Published October 11th, 2013

Interview with Matt Clifford

Blog post by Thomas Hendrey · Published October 9th, 2013

Tech Entrepreneurship

The value of economics PhDs: A conversation with Robin Hanson

Blog post by Nick Beckstead · Published October 4th, 2013

Economics PhD

Should more altruists consider entrepreneurship?

Blog post by Jess Whittlestone · Published September 30th, 2013

Case Study: Designing a new organisation that might be more effective than GiveWell’s top recommendation

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published September 12th, 2013

Making a difference through social entrepreneurship: an interview with Tom Rippin

Blog post by Jess Whittlestone · Published September 5th, 2013

Founding Effective Non-profits

Show me the harm

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published July 31st, 2013

Looking for a seriously high impact job using your managerial skills?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published July 15th, 2013

The Future of Humanity Institute is hiring a high-impact project manager

Blog post by Sean O'Heigeartaigh · Published July 8th, 2013

Maximizing your donations via a job

Blog post by Alexei Andreev · Published June 24th, 2013

Intelligence matters more than you think for career success

Blog post by Richard Batty · Published May 1st, 2013

Is most research a waste?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published April 17th, 2013

How to create the world’s most effective charity

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published March 4th, 2013

Bringing it all together: high impact research management

Blog post by Jess Whittlestone · Published February 18th, 2013

Research manager

Vegetarian Research

Blog post by Nick Cooney · Published February 3rd, 2013

How to make a difference in research: An interview with Nick Bostrom

Blog post by Jess Whittlestone · Published January 16th, 2013

Trading, donating and charter cities: An interview with Ben Gilbert

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published January 8th, 2013

Should you go into research? – part 2

Blog post by Jacob Nebel · Published January 5th, 2013

3 Ways to Advance Science

Blog post by Nick Bostrom · Published December 15th, 2012

Academic Research

How to choose a research topic: An interview with Anders Sandberg

Blog post by Jess Whittlestone · Published December 1st, 2012

Academic Research

Why most charity fundraisers cause harm

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published October 21st, 2012

Open Source Technology: A Career in Engineering

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published October 18th, 2012

Why don’t charities spend more on fundraising?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published October 9th, 2012

Fundraising

How to do important research

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published October 4th, 2012

Academic Research

How many lives does a doctor save? – Part 3 – Replacement

Blog post by Gregory Lewis · Published September 30th, 2012

Doctor

How to be a high impact philosopher, part II

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published September 27th, 2012

How many lives does a doctor save? – Part 2 – Diminishing marginal returns

Blog post by Gregory Lewis · Published September 16th, 2012

Doctor

How many lives does a doctor save?

Blog post by Gregory Lewis · Published August 19th, 2012

Should you go into research? – part 1

Blog post by Jacob Nebel · Published August 10th, 2012

Academic Research

The high impact PA: how anyone can bring about ground-breaking research

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published July 9th, 2012

Fundraising for charity – A career for effective altruists?

Blog post · Published May 31st, 2012

How to be a high impact philosopher

Blog post by William MacAskill · Published May 8th, 2012

Software engineering: Britain vs Silicon Valley

Blog post by Carl Shulman · Published February 21st, 2012

Software Engineering

Entrepreneurship: a game of poker, not roulette

Blog post by Carl Shulman · Published February 19th, 2012

Tech Entrepreneurship

How hard is it to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Blog post by Carl Shulman · Published February 17th, 2012

Party Politics

Is banking harmful?

Blog post by Zander Redwood · Published January 22nd, 2012

Policy careers

Blog post by David Leon · Published January 18th, 2012

Salary or startup? How do-gooders can gain more from risky careers

Blog post by Carl Shulman · Published January 8th, 2012

High Impact Science

Blog post by Carl Shulman · Published November 15th, 2011

Topic archive: Careers