Welcome from a fellow German here! IIRC I also stumbled on Less Wrong via HPMoR, though back then the story wasn’t even finished yet.
I must say, I’m impressed with the quality of your English writing at that age!
If you’re ambitious and driven to choose a career to make the world a better place, check out the resources at 80,000 Hours from the Less-Wrong-adjacent Effective Altruism community. They’ve done lots of research and thinking into various career paths and their expected impacts, requirements, etc. They’re not perfect, in that they e.g. expect a lot from their readers, and below a certain level of ambition and conscientiousness much of their advice might not be particularly applicable. But now might be a good time to check whether their resources could be useful to you.
If you think you could benefit from chatting with someone to get a rough overview of the landscapes of Less Wrong or effective altruism, I’m available to chat. I’m mostly a longtime lurker in the community, but I do have enough familiarity with it that I can at least point towards further resources on most topics.
Thanks for the offer; if I end up having any questions, I’ll take you up on it.
I also looked into the 80,000 Hours community, and although I didn’t get very far yet, it seems quite promising. It’s definitely a lot to take in, but I think you’re right; it would be useful for me now to at least dive into it for a few hours and then decide whether or not to continue.
I appreciate the compliment, as well—I’ve been working on developing sufficient writing skills for a while now, and am very happy to hear it pays off.
Welcome from a fellow German here! IIRC I also stumbled on Less Wrong via HPMoR, though back then the story wasn’t even finished yet.
I must say, I’m impressed with the quality of your English writing at that age!
If you’re ambitious and driven to choose a career to make the world a better place, check out the resources at 80,000 Hours from the Less-Wrong-adjacent Effective Altruism community. They’ve done lots of research and thinking into various career paths and their expected impacts, requirements, etc. They’re not perfect, in that they e.g. expect a lot from their readers, and below a certain level of ambition and conscientiousness much of their advice might not be particularly applicable. But now might be a good time to check whether their resources could be useful to you.
If you think you could benefit from chatting with someone to get a rough overview of the landscapes of Less Wrong or effective altruism, I’m available to chat. I’m mostly a longtime lurker in the community, but I do have enough familiarity with it that I can at least point towards further resources on most topics.
Thanks for the offer; if I end up having any questions, I’ll take you up on it.
I also looked into the 80,000 Hours community, and although I didn’t get very far yet, it seems quite promising. It’s definitely a lot to take in, but I think you’re right; it would be useful for me now to at least dive into it for a few hours and then decide whether or not to continue.
I appreciate the compliment, as well—I’ve been working on developing sufficient writing skills for a while now, and am very happy to hear it pays off.