The guide we’re working on is indeed similar in some aspects to 80k’s old guide.
We’re still working on it (and are at relatively early stages) so none of this is very certain but I expect that:
* The guide will differ in our framework for thinking about it (so things like the thought process and steps you go through to make a decision).
* I expect the guide will differ on some specific areas where we are more agnostic than 80k, but won’t differ on most.
* Specifically, 80k have updated their 2017 guide to focus on longtermism more than it originally did. That would be a specific area where we will differ.
* Quite sure we pretty much agree on a lot of the meta-considerations (things like “it’s a very important decision and is worth a lot of consideration” or “for most people, making an effort to expand the scope of the search is worthwhile”).
Regarding why we’re doing this: Even if this was 80k’s current guide, I’d think a second general viewpoint on how to approach career decisions would be valuable to a lot of people. Given that 80k consider this their “older” guide, I really think it would be helpful to have another one.
Also (and probably more importantly), a general guide is just a really useful way to put the most important general information that we think is necessary in one place. There’s a lot of things we think are important that fit very well into this format.
The guide we’re working on is indeed similar in some aspects to 80k’s old guide.
We’re still working on it (and are at relatively early stages) so none of this is very certain but I expect that:
* The guide will differ in our framework for thinking about it (so things like the thought process and steps you go through to make a decision).
* I expect the guide will differ on some specific areas where we are more agnostic than 80k, but won’t differ on most.
* Specifically, 80k have updated their 2017 guide to focus on longtermism more than it originally did. That would be a specific area where we will differ.
* Quite sure we pretty much agree on a lot of the meta-considerations (things like “it’s a very important decision and is worth a lot of consideration” or “for most people, making an effort to expand the scope of the search is worthwhile”).
Regarding why we’re doing this: Even if this was 80k’s current guide, I’d think a second general viewpoint on how to approach career decisions would be valuable to a lot of people. Given that 80k consider this their “older” guide, I really think it would be helpful to have another one.
Also (and probably more importantly), a general guide is just a really useful way to put the most important general information that we think is necessary in one place. There’s a lot of things we think are important that fit very well into this format.