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Re:Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your... by atlasunshrugged on Sunday January 06, 2019 @06:42AM (#18837835)
I'll strongly second this, 80k hours and the Effective Altruism community in general isn't for everyone, but they have great data driven insights into high impact careers and really good resources to help you make decisions (and a really welcoming community). They've got a good quiz that helps direct you but I also recommend you just go through their career guide and if it speaks to you just look on FB for a local chapter and talk to the leader of it, in my experience they're quite helpful about giving you specific advice for your situation

https://80000hours.org/career-planning-tool/

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Re:Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your... by ozgooen on Sunday January 06, 2019 @06:59AM (#18837899)
Strongly thirded. I'm not sure I agree with absolutely everything they say, but overall I think they have a far more pragmatic and honest set of answers than any competing advice I hear. For disclosure, I worked there for a year.

The EA worldview takes some getting used to though.

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