Title: Theory / Important / Human / Job / 80000 hours / Where from?
Tags: hasSeenConjDef

Name: Wellbeeing
Definition: Positive emotion
Page: 426
Context: According to Prof. Seligman
Definition2: engagement
Definition3: relationships
Definition4: meaning
Definition5: Achievement

Name: Positive emotion
Definition: Feeling happy day-to-day
Page: 426
Context: According to Prof. Seligman

Name: Engagement
Definition: Freedom
Page: 426
Context: According to Prof. Seligman
Definition2: Clear tasks
Conjdef: All of
Definition3: variety
Intuition: Having challenging, absorbing tasks
Definition4: feedback

Name: Relationship
Definition: Having supportive friends and family
Page: 426
Context: According to Prof. Seligman

Name: Meaning
Definition: Having a purpose higher than yourself
Page: 426
Context: According to Prof. Seligman

Name: Achievement
Definition: Being good at something
Page: 426
Context: According to Prof. Seligman

Question: Which factor is mostly correlated to job satisfaction ?
Answer: Engagement
Page: 426

Question: Which factor is mostly correlated to job meaningfulness ?
Answer: Helping other
Page: 454

Question: What is a dream job
Answer: Engaging
Page: 426
Answer2: help others
Answer3: you are good at it (or can get good at it)
Answer4: with supportive colleages (at least a few of them can help you)
Answer5: Absence of negative
Answer6: fits with the rest of your life

Question: Why is "follow your passion" a bad advice
Answer: There are few passion. A lot of people have the same passion and follow them. Thus those jobs are really competitive
Page: 537, https://80000hours.org/career-planning/process/longer-term-paths/
Answer2: It's hard to do this while still following the other rules of a dream job. Thus ignoring other fine job
Answer3: If you have many or no passion, it is a difficult choice
Answer4: passion can be determined by what you can do today, not taking growth potential into account

Name: Social impact
Definition: number of lifes improved
Page: 758, https://80000hours.org/articles/what-is-social-impact-definition/
Definition2: how much lives are improved
Example: Saving life
Conjdef: Both
Definition3: also over long term
Name2: Making a difference
Example2: Making people happier
Definition4: also considering indirect actions, such as through envonmental impact

Question: How can a college graduate makes significant change in the world
Answer: find most fulfilling job and gave 10% of wages
Page: 15
Answer2: influence, political vote in swing election has plenty of importance, you may now people who have more effect that what you can directly do
Answer3: help people having an impact, allowing them to have greater impact
Answer4: make abstract research for long term goal
Answer5: , or support it (be administrator, e.g.)
Answer6: Finally, have direct impact (note it may not be the more efficient)

Name: givedirectly
Definition: Charity who gives money to people in very cheap country, letting them choosing what they mostly need to improve
Page: 15%

Name: give what we can
Definition: A public pledge to give 10% of your income
Page: 17% https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge/

Name: try giving
Definition: A public pledge to give some fixed percent of your income, for a fixed time, to try givingwhatwecan
Page: 17%
Context: givingwhatwecan

Question: On which problem should you work
Answer: Neglected problems
Page: 19%
Section: 3
Answer2: problem with largest scales
Answer3: problems which are solvable
Answer4: as a tie breaker, problems which fit you
Extra: problem where you'd be far better than other people

Last name: Bowerman
First name: Niel
Known for: co-founder of the Centre for Effective Altruism
Role: artificial intelligence policy specialist at 80,000 Hour
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Page: 19%
Section: 3

Question: Example of underutilized talent
Answer: superman. Could save more line transporting vaccines, grain to grow, or generating energy without polluting
Page: 22%
Section: 4

Question: Why to avoid working directly in the «most important field»
Answer: if the most importent field change, you can't easily change your job to fit the new field
Page: 22%
Section: 4
Answer2: If you can have a huge wage, you can actually pay many people, qualified enough, to do the work you want done
Answer3: By donation, you can pay for someone already qualified/who wants to do work in this field

Question: Tricks to efficiently earn to give
Answer: have a career which may grow (e.g. in start up)
Page: 24%
Section: 4
Answer2: find an employer which match your charitable donations 1:1

Question: Why is advocacy neglected ?
Answer: No commercial incentive
Page: 25% 1260
Section: 4
Answer2: Uncomfortable to stand-up to the status quoi

Question: Best way to become an advocate
Answer: Lead by example
Page: 25% 1260
Section: 4
Answer2: have a part time stable job, to have independency in your advocacy
Answer3: Try to influence politicians, or go into think tank research, lobby
Answer4: public debate, like journalism, public intellectual, producing, entertainment (last one has a very low success rate)
Answer5: being grand maker in a huge foundation

Question: Example of efficient, simple to roll out, program
Answer: Text parents to recall them when to vaccinate their children.
Page: 28% 1427
Section: 4
Answer2: help to transfer money to poor country with very low fees

Question: What should you focus mostly when starting your career
Answer: build career capital
Page: 1627, 32%
Answer2: doing a little bit of volunteering, to keep the habit
Answer3: give 1-10%
Answer4: in case of urgent/important opportunity, takes it

Question: Why should you do altruism early
Answer: a little bit to keep the habit
Page: 1627, 32%
Answer2: or if you find something urgent/special opportunity

Name: Career capital
Definition: Skills
Page: 1627, 32%
Definition2: connections
Conjdef: All of
Definition3: Credentials
Definition4: Runway

Name: Skills
Definition: transferable skills
Page: 1627, 32%
Context: Career capital
Definition2: knowledge
Conjdef: What is learned doing this job. In particular
Definition3: personality traits

Name: Connection
Definition: Who you'll be working with
Page: 1627, 32%
Context: Career capital

Question: Connection you do should
Answer: be influential
Page: 1627, 32%
Context: Career capital
Answer2: care about social impact

Name: Credentials
Definition: Whether your achievement is a good signal
Page: 1641, 33%
Context: Career capital
Example: github, blog,
Example2: employer's reputation

Name: Runways
Definition: How many time can you live without having a job, using your saving
Page: 1641, 33%
Context: Career capital

Question: What should you do before giving money to charities
Answer: pay all high-interest debt
Page: 1641, 33%
Context: Career capital

Question: What is the best way to find out what's the best career for you ?
Answer: Investigate. No other test have better correlation than .5 %.
Page: 2045, 41%

Question: How to explore whether a carreer would be ok for you
Answer: Read relevant career reviews, do some google search to learn the basic
Page: 2111, 42%
Answer2: Speak with one person doing this career
Answer3: Speak with 3 other people, and read 1 or 2 book about it.
Answer4: Do a 1 week/1 month long project about this.
Answer5: Find an 2 monthed/2 year internship/graduiate study

Name: A/B/Z testing
Definition: A the preferred ideal path
Page: 44%
Chapter: 7
Definition2: B the nearby alternative
Conjdef: Choosing a career plan, with
Definition3: Z, a temporary fallback

Name: Plan A
Definition: If you are sure of what you want to do in long-term: determine best-route
Page: 44%
Chapter: 7
Context: A/B/Z testing
Definition2: in case of uncertainty about medium-term option, try 2-4 things
Conjdef: Either
Definition3: If very uncertain about long-term option: do more research, and build career capital

Question: Conditions which must be satisfied to choose Earn to give
Answer: You’re a good fit for a higher-earning option
Page: 102
Chapter: 6
Answer2: You want to gain skills in a higher-earning option
Answer3: You’re very uncertain about which problems are most pressing

Question: What if I wouldn’t be motivated doing a high-earning job?
Answer: don’t do one
Page: 102
Chapter: 6

Question: What can be done to stick with «earn to give»
Answer: Stay in a community doing it. It's easier when not alone
Page: 102
Chapter: 6

Question: Why is advocacy neglected
Answer: It's hard to stand agains status quo
Page: 110
Chapter: 4
Answer2: There is no social or economical incentive to do so

Question: Why is advocacy easier than earn to give
Answer: There is far less competition than for winning a lot of money
Page: 110
Chapter: 4

Question: How to advocate efficiently for something
Answer: Be an example, helping to set expectations, rather than being pushy.
Page: 113
Chapter: 4
Answer2: Have a job not related, to be seen more independant and having a way to earn money even if policy fails and to have connection

Question: What job help change policy
Answer: Advise politician
Page: 113
Chapter: 4
Answer2: Think tank research and lobbyist
Answer3: Journalist
Answer4: Public intellectual (academic position)
Answer5: Position in the media (not fame and art, but producer)
Answer6: Manager of money in charitable foundations
Answer7: Professional positions that let you meet lots of influential people

Question: When is «for profit» charity direct work better ?
Answer: If it helps people directly, and thus it's a proof of how much good you do to them. (For example, Wave is similar to Western Union; it allows to send money, but with 3% fees instead of 10%)
Page: 130
Chapter: 4
Section: Approach 4

Question: Which jobs are best early career for flexible future?
Answer: The technology sector – This sector attracts many of the most ambitious people, often leads other fields when it comes to best practices, is growing, and working in the sector can let you develop useful technical skills. See our profiles on software engineering, data science, startup early employee and startup founder.
Page: 155
Chapter: 5
Section: Best early carieer
Answer2: Management consulting – If you’re really uncertain, management consulting, especially strategy consulting, can be a good option. These firms often invest heavily in training, and you meet lots of other high-performers, while exploring lots of industries. Management consultants exit into almost all sectors.
Answer3: Professional services – This includes accounting and other advisory services, and most often involves working at the Big 4: Deloitte, Ernst and Young, PwC and KPMG. This path provides similar benefits to management consulting, but is less competitive, as well as less prestigious and with a weaker range of exit options.
Answer4: Work in a small but rapidly growing company with a good boss. You’ll get to try out lots of areas, learn quickly and advance rapidly.

Question: What are the selection test with the greatest correlation with job performance
Answer: Work sample tests
Page: 183
Chapter: 6
Answer2: IQ Tests
Answer3: interviews (structured)
Answer4: Peer ratings
Answer5: Job knowledge tests
Answer6: Job tryout procedure

Question: What's the problem with pro and cons list
Answer: don’t force you to look for disconfirming evidence or generate more options
Page: 190
Chapter: 6
Answer2: there’s no guarantee the pros and cons that come to mind will be the most important aspects of the decision

Question: How to generate job option
Answer: what problem you want to focus on and what role you want
Page: 190
Chapter: 6
Answer2: (i) If you couldn’t take any of the options on your first list, what would you do?
Answer3: (ii) If money were no object, what would you do?
Answer4: (iii) What do your friends advise?
Answer5: (iv) (If already with experience) how could you use your most valuable career capital?
Answer6: (v) Can you combine your options to make the best of both worlds?
Answer7: (vi) Can you find any more opportunities through your connections

Question: How to narrow down your options
Answer: Make a big list of option
Page: 190
Chapter: 6
Context: 80k
Answer2: Rank your options
Answer3: Eliminate the worst one
Answer4: What information could most easily change your ranking? If you could get the answer to one question, which question would be most useful? Write these out. E.g. “Can I get a place on Teach for America?”, “Would I enjoy programming?”, “How pressing is global poverty compared to open science?”. If you’re stuck, imagine you had to decide your career in just one weekend – what would you do in that time to make the right choice?
Answer5: Can you quickly work out any of these key uncertainties? E.g. if you’re unsure whether you’d enjoy being a data scientist, can you go and talk to someone about what it’s like? Or is there something you could read, like one of our career reviews?

Name: Lead
Definition: any opportunity that might turn into a job
Page: 219
Chapter: 7