I’m somewhat hesitant to promote 80k right off the bat to people – Over the years 80k has shifted from “generally useful advice” to “find people who are a good fit for the most urgently needed Effective Altruism-related careers and help them.” Which often makes their advice somewhat depressing for anyone who isn’t a good fit for whatever the current most-needed EA career path.
However, I would agree that the general principle of “if you’re about to enter college, and you might want to think about how to have as impactful a career as you can” is good to be thinking about if Flange is 18.
I would recommend reading the career guide https://80000hours.org/career-guide/ because it is a good document for anyone thinking about what to do with his life, but I would definitely recommend reading other things on the same topic as well.
Maybe you should try https://80000hours.org/
I’m somewhat hesitant to promote 80k right off the bat to people – Over the years 80k has shifted from “generally useful advice” to “find people who are a good fit for the most urgently needed Effective Altruism-related careers and help them.” Which often makes their advice somewhat depressing for anyone who isn’t a good fit for whatever the current most-needed EA career path.
(Some of my thoughts on 80k are here)
However, I would agree that the general principle of “if you’re about to enter college, and you might want to think about how to have as impactful a career as you can” is good to be thinking about if Flange is 18.
Hm… I will get a little more concrete.
I would recommend reading the career guide https://80000hours.org/career-guide/ because it is a good document for anyone thinking about what to do with his life, but I would definitely recommend reading other things on the same topic as well.
Moreover, I would recommend reading: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TNHQLZK5pHbxdnz4e/references-and-resources-for-lesswrong if the question is more about what to read next.