'This career guide is among the most thoughtful and grounded I’ve seen.' Cal Newport, author of Deep Work
This career guide is an exceptionally detailed roadmap on how to find a fulfilling and impactful career in the age of AI. You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your career choice is the most important decision you will ever make.
Choose well, and you can have a more rewarding, interesting life, as well as help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Choose wrong, and you might waste decades. So, what should you do?
Most advice is based on non-research-backed data, offering (misleading) slogans like 'follow your passion.' It is unexpectedly outdated, focusing on traditional paths instead of those most likely to thrive in the age of AI. And if you want to help others, the advice is even more simplistic: they tell you to choose careers like nurse or doctor, when there are paths where almost anyone can save more lives. In reality, some careers are hundreds of times more impactful than others, but most of us have no idea which ones they are.
Benjamin Todd is the founder of 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit organization that has spent over ten years researching how to have a meaningful and impactful career. Here he introduces a proven framework of tools that has already led thousands of people to change course. He covers:
- What really makes a job a dream job, and why finding it probably doesn’t involve 'following your passion.'
- How to identify which global problems are most pressing, and why they may involve AI as much as climate change.
- Which roles are likely to be automated, and how to make sure yours isn’t among them.
It is also packed with practical advice and tools. You will leave with a plan to use your 80,000 hours in a way that is rewarding and fulfills your potential to make a difference.
'An exceptionally detailed guide on how to find the perfect career for you.' Ali Abdaal, author of Feel-Good Productivity
'Based on evidence and good reasoning, not slogans.' Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our Nature
