Careers

TagLast edit: 30 Jul 2020 21:38 UTC by Multicore

Posts relating to jobs, career development, etc.

How Going Meta Can Level Up Your Career

Matt Goldenberg14 Apr 2018 2:13 UTC

22 points

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Jobs Inside the API

Jacob Falkovich21 Aug 2018 21:45 UTC

60 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Maximizing Your Donations via a Job

Alexei5 May 2013 23:19 UTC

163 points

58 comments22 min readLW link

Programmers Should Plan For Lower Pay

jefftk29 Dec 2019 3:20 UTC

58 points

70 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Political Skills which Increase Income

Xodarap2 Mar 2014 17:56 UTC

90 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

The Value of Theoretical Research

paulfchristiano25 Feb 2011 18:06 UTC

50 points

53 comments3 min readLW link

Value of Information: Four Examples

Vaniver22 Nov 2011 23:02 UTC

113 points

60 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] As a Washed Up Former Data Scientist and Machine Learning Researcher What Direction Should I Go In Now?

Darklight19 Oct 2020 20:13 UTC

13 points

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[Question] Using false but instrumentally rational beliefs for your career?

rockthecasbah23 Nov 2020 19:18 UTC

7 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

You Are Being Underpaid

T3t15 Apr 2018 6:28 UTC

25 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

Turning 30

Vaniver8 May 2018 5:37 UTC

35 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

What Surprised Me About Entrepreneurship

lsusr5 Apr 2020 9:18 UTC

74 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Counterintuitive Comparative Advantage

Wei_Dai28 Nov 2018 20:33 UTC

80 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

What is Life in an Immoral Maze?

Zvi5 Jan 2020 13:40 UTC

65 points

56 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Science: Do It Yourself

alyssavance13 Feb 2011 4:47 UTC

82 points

207 comments6 min readLW link

The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius

Vaniver23 Nov 2019 22:12 UTC

62 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(www.paulgraham.com)

Optimal Employment

Louie31 Jan 2011 12:50 UTC

80 points

279 comments10 min readLW link

Critch on career advice for junior AI-x-risk-concerned researchers

Rob Bensinger12 May 2018 2:13 UTC

110 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

Why startup founders have mood swings (and why they may have uses)

AnnaSalamon9 Dec 2015 18:59 UTC

81 points

20 comments5 min readLW link

How to Escape From Immoral Mazes

Zvi16 Jan 2020 13:10 UTC

60 points

17 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A “Failure to Evaluate Return-on-Time” Fallacy

lionhearted7 Sep 2010 19:01 UTC

68 points

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The reverse job

toonalfrink13 May 2018 13:55 UTC

22 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

You Are Not Hiring the Top 1%

Eliezer Yudkowsky2 Mar 2007 5:34 UTC

55 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

The Black Team—A Parable of Group Effectiveness

JGWeissman22 Apr 2011 2:37 UTC

60 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Who Wants To Start An Important Startup?

ShannonFriedman16 Aug 2012 20:02 UTC

56 points

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Dating like a Pro

Jacob Falkovich16 Mar 2018 21:09 UTC

12 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Bias in capital project decision making

jsalvatier26 May 2011 18:06 UTC

56 points

23 comments4 min readLW link

On not getting a job as an option

diegocaleiro11 Mar 2014 2:44 UTC

49 points

190 comments2 min readLW link

Earning to Give vs. Altruistic Career Choice Revisited

JonahS2 Jun 2013 2:55 UTC

48 points

154 comments8 min readLW link

To contribute to AI safety, consider doing AI research

Vika16 Jan 2016 20:42 UTC

39 points

39 comments2 min readLW link

Things I Wish They’d Taught Me When I Was Younger: Why Money Is Awesome

ChrisHallquist16 Jan 2014 7:27 UTC

45 points

234 comments6 min readLW link

Off to Alice Springs

Psy-Kosh16 May 2012 19:32 UTC

47 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

Best career models for doing research?

Kaj_Sotala7 Dec 2010 16:25 UTC

40 points

1,028 comments1 min readLW link

Business Networking through LessWrong

JoshuaFox2 Apr 2014 17:39 UTC

45 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Career choice for a utilitarian giver

juliawise8 Aug 2011 2:10 UTC

38 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

My experience as an Australian work-holiday maker

MileyCyrus9 Dec 2012 22:09 UTC

48 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

My third-of-life crisis

polymathwannabe10 Nov 2014 15:28 UTC

39 points

29 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How do you survive in the humanities?

polymathwannabe20 Feb 2020 15:19 UTC

29 points

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On Suddenly Not Being Able to Work

Jacob Falkovich25 Aug 2020 22:14 UTC

35 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Should you work at 80,000 Hours?

Jess_Whittlestone8 Aug 2013 14:04 UTC

26 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

What is operations?

Swimmer96326 Sep 2019 14:16 UTC

106 points

9 comments7 min readLW link 2 nominations

Who Wants The Job?

Zvi22 Jul 2018 14:00 UTC

22 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Advice On Getting A Software Job

alyssavance9 Jul 2012 18:52 UTC

31 points

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[link] Join Wall Street. Save the World

Pablo31 May 2013 16:49 UTC

36 points

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What Is Optimal Philanthropy?

alyssavance12 Jul 2012 0:17 UTC

39 points

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Link: The Case for Working With Your Hands

Daniel_Burfoot28 May 2009 14:16 UTC

24 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

On the Fence? Major in CS

talisman7 May 2009 4:26 UTC

21 points

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[Question] Looking for books about software engineering as a field

mingyuan3 Feb 2020 21:49 UTC

14 points

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Advice to new Doctors starting practice

anandjeyahar7 Aug 2016 8:27 UTC

4 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Real-time hiring with prediction markets

ryan_b9 Nov 2018 22:10 UTC

17 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

The Wrongness Iceberg

alfredmacdonald4 Feb 2013 9:02 UTC

31 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

Clueless World vs. Loser World

michael_vassar27 Oct 2017 0:03 UTC

12 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How can I help research Friendly AI?

avichapman9 Jul 2019 0:15 UTC

22 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Jane Street Inteview Guide (Notes on Probability, Markets, etc.)

lifelonglearner17 Sep 2019 5:28 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.janestreet.com)

Theory Of Change As A Hypothesis: Choosing A High-Impact Path When You’re Uncertain

lynettebye28 Nov 2020 4:38 UTC

18 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

How Lesswrong helped me make $25K: A rational pricing strategy

kareemabukhadra21 Dec 2020 20:20 UTC

50 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Early career choices to maximise learning?

Eugleo4 Feb 2021 13:37 UTC

6 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Being the (Pareto) Best in the World

johnswentworth24 Jun 2019 18:36 UTC

208 points

46 comments3 min readLW link 3 nominations 3 reviews

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