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How to compare global problems, like climate change and poverty, in terms of their scale and urgency. 4. How to discover and develop your strengths.\u003cbr\u003eIt's also full of practical tips and tools. You'll come away with a plan to use your 80,000 hours in a way that's fulfilling and high impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat people are saying\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA ridiculously in-depth guide about how to find that perfect career for you \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Ali Abdaal, YouTuber, ex-doctor, and productivity entrepreneur. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis career guide is among the most thoughtful and grounded I've seen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author and professor of computer science at Georgetown University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis incredible group is helping people have a greater social impact with their careers. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery college grad should read this \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Tim Urban, creator of Wait But Why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead more online\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is based on the free guide you can find on the 80,000 Hours website, where you can find many more articles and our most up-to-date content. All profits from the book are used to fund 80,000 Hours, expanding our research and enabling us to reach more people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the authors \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e80,000 Hours is an independent non-profit founded in Oxford in 2011. It performs research into career choice, and provides online and in-person advice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Todd is the co-founder and president of 80,000 Hours. He grew the organisation from a student society at Oxford to the organisation it is today. 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You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your choice of career is the most important decision you’ll ever make.  Choose well, and you can have a more rewarding, interesting life, and also help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Choose poorly, and you could waste decades.  So what should you do? Most advice is based on no research, instead offering (misleading) platitudes like ‘follow your passion’. It’s surprisingly out of date, focusing on traditional paths rather than those most likely to thrive in an age of AI.  And if you want to help others, the advice is even more simplistic: telling you to choose careers like nurse or doctor, when there are paths in which almost anyone can save more lives. In fact, some careers have hundreds of times more impact than others, but most of us have no idea which ones.  Benjamin Todd is the founder of 80,000 Hours, a non-profit that’s spent over ten years researching how to have a meaningful and impactful career. Here he introduces a tried-and-tested framework that has already led thousands of people to change their path. It covers:    What really makes for 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 might involve AI as much as climate change. Which roles are likely to be automated, and how to ensure yours isn’t among them.   It’s also full of practical tips and tools. You’ll come away with a plan to use your 80,000 hours in a way that’s rewarding and fulfils your potential to make a difference.  ‘This career guide is among the most thoughtful and grounded I’ve seen.' Cal Newport, author of Deep Work  ‘A remarkably rigorous guide about how to find that perfect career for you.' 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That makes it the most important decision you’ll ever make.  Choose well, and you can have a more rewarding, interesting life, and also help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Choose poorly, and you could waste decades.  So what should you do? Most advice is based on no research, instead offering misleading platitudes like ‘follow your passion’. And it is surprisingly out-of-date, focusing on traditional paths rather than those most likely to thrive in an age of AI.  If you want to help others, meanwhile, you’re often simply told to become a nurse or doctor, when there are many other paths which can save more lives. In fact, some careers have hundreds of times more impact than others, but most of us have no idea which ones.  Benjamin Todd is the founder of 80,000 Hours, a non-profit that has spent over fifteen years researching how to have a meaningful and impactful career that still pays the bills. 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