Thanks for detailing your thoughts on these issues!
I’m glad to hear that you are aware of the different problems and tensions, and made informed decisions about them, and I look forward to seeing the changed you mentioned being implemented.
I want to add one comment about to the How to plan your career article, if it’s already mentioned. I think it’s really great, but it might be a little bit too long for many readers’ first exposure. I just realized that you have a summary on the Career planning page, which is good, but I think it might be too short. I found the (older) How to make tough career decisions article very helpful and I think it offers a great balance of information and length, and I personally still refer people to it for their first exposure. I think it will be very useful to have a version of this page (i.e. of similar length), reflecting the process described in the new article.
With regards to longtermism (and expected values), I think that indeed I disagree with the views taken by most of 80,000 hours’ team, and that’s ok. I do wish you offered a more balanced take on these matters, and maybe even separate the parts which are pretty much a consensus in EA from more specific views you take so that people can make their own informed decisions, but I know that it might be too much to ask and the lines are very blurred in any case.
Thanks for detailing your thoughts on these issues! I’m glad to hear that you are aware of the different problems and tensions, and made informed decisions about them, and I look forward to seeing the changed you mentioned being implemented.
I want to add one comment about to the How to plan your career article, if it’s already mentioned. I think it’s really great, but it might be a little bit too long for many readers’ first exposure. I just realized that you have a summary on the Career planning page, which is good, but I think it might be too short. I found the (older) How to make tough career decisions article very helpful and I think it offers a great balance of information and length, and I personally still refer people to it for their first exposure. I think it will be very useful to have a version of this page (i.e. of similar length), reflecting the process described in the new article.
With regards to longtermism (and expected values), I think that indeed I disagree with the views taken by most of 80,000 hours’ team, and that’s ok. I do wish you offered a more balanced take on these matters, and maybe even separate the parts which are pretty much a consensus in EA from more specific views you take so that people can make their own informed decisions, but I know that it might be too much to ask and the lines are very blurred in any case.