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80,000 Hours: How to make a difference with your careerYou have 80,000 hours in your career. How can you best use them to help solve the world’s most pressing problems?80,000 Hours: How to make a difference with your career Toggle navigation Search for: Start here Career guide The 80,000 Hours Career Guide Introduction: Why read this guide? Part 1: What makes for a dream job? Part 2: Can one person make a difference? Part 3: Three ways anyone can have an impact Part 4: Scale, neglectedness, and solvability Part 5: The world's most pressing problems Part 6: Which jobs help people the most? Part 7: Career capital Part 8: Personal fit Part 9: How to be successful Part 10: How to make your career plan Part 11: How to get a job Part 12: Community Summary: Just the bottom lines Research Problem profiles Find out about the world's biggest and most neglected problems.See all → Top areas to work onPreventing an AI-related catastropheCatastrophic pandemicsNuclear warGreat power warClimate change Capacity buildingBuilding effective altruismGlobal priorities researchImproving decision making Other promising areasCivilisation resilienceThe moral status of digital mindsPromoting positive valuesSpace governanceRisks of stable totalitarianismFactory farmingGlobal healthWild animal suffering See all problem profiles → Skills The most useful skills for making a difference.See all → Top skills to build early in your careerPolicy and politicsOrganisation-buildingResearchCommunicating ideasSoftware and techEngineeringExperience with an emerging powerExpertise relevant to a top problem See all our skills pages → Career reviews Learn about high-impact career paths.See all → Our list of top high-impact career pathsAI governance and policyAI safety technical researchBiorisk research, strategy, and policyInformation security in high-impact areasExpert in AI hardwareChina-related AI safety and governanceGrantmakerHelping build the effective altruism communityNuclear weapons safety and securityOperations in high-impact organisationsResearch into global priorities More promising pathsBe a founderSoftware engineeringJournalismSee more → How to build great career capitalSee our top recommendations → See all career reviews → Advanced series Our most important research findings.Read the full series → IntroductionYour most important decision FoundationsA definition of impactLongtermismHarmful jobs Global prioritiesProblem selectionExistential risksTop problems list ContributionHow to think about your contributionEffective solutionsList of high-impact careers Personal fitGut instinctDifferences in productivityComparative advantage StrategyAmbitionCoordinationExplorationImpact and satisfactionAccidental harm Read the full series → Browse all our content Pick a topic to explore or check out our most popular pieces. Career planning and decision makingHow to make your career planAll our other planning resources Selected topicsMoral philosophyCareer capitalJob satisfactionAnonymous adviceUnconventional adviceAdvocacyExistential riskTop-recommended careers See all topics → Top articles from outside our guidesBest charities to donate toMisconceptions about effective altruismHigh-impact research questionsWhat are your chances of getting elected to Congress, if you try?How many lives does a doctor save?What's the impact of voting?Advice for undergraduates All articles →See all → Top areas to work onPreventing an AI-related catastropheCatastrophic pandemicsNuclear warGreat power warClimate change Capacity buildingBuilding effective altruismGlobal priorities researchImproving decision making Other promising areasCivilisation resilienceThe moral status of digital mindsPromoting positive valuesSpace governanceRisks of stable totalitarianismFactory farmingGlobal healthWild animal suffering See all problem profiles →See all → Top skills to build early in your careerPolicy and politicsOrganisation-buildingResearchCommunicating ideasSoftware and techEngineeringExperience with an emerging powerExpertise relevant to a top problem See all our skills pages →See all → Our list of top high-impact career pathsAI governance and policyAI safety technical researchBiorisk research, strategy, and policyInformation security in high-impact areasExpert in AI hardwareChina-related AI safety and governanceGrantmakerHelping build the effective altruism communityNuclear weapons safety and securityOperations in high-impact organisationsResearch into global priorities More promising pathsBe a founderSoftware engineeringJournalismSee more → How to build great career capitalSee our top recommendations → See all career reviews →Read the full series → IntroductionYour most important decision FoundationsA definition of impactLongtermismHarmful jobs Global prioritiesProblem selectionExistential risksTop problems list ContributionHow to think about your contributionEffective solutionsList of high-impact careers Personal fitGut instinctDifferences in productivityComparative advantage StrategyAmbitionCoordinationExplorationImpact and satisfactionAccidental harm Read the full series → Career planning and decision makingHow to make your career planAll our other planning resources Selected topicsMoral philosophyCareer capitalJob satisfactionAnonymous adviceUnconventional adviceAdvocacyExistential riskTop-recommended careers See all topics → Top articles from outside our guidesBest charities to donate toMisconceptions about effective altruismHigh-impact research questionsWhat are your chances of getting elected to Congress, if you try?How many lives does a doctor save?What's the impact of voting?Advice for undergraduates All articles → Job board Podcasts Our podcasts The 80,000 Hours Podcast 80k After HoursCurated series The 80,000 Hours Career Guide Effective Altruism: An Introduction Effective Altruism: Ten Global Problems On Artificial Intelligence Get 1-1 advice Get 1-1 advice Newsletter New releasesAll articlesGive feedbackAbout About usMeet the teamOur impact and credibilityOur mistakesOur donorsContact usSupport usWork with usHomeenusen-US1731535981https://80000hours.org