Hey, (Kush here, new product manager for the 80k job board). This is a good question!
So we basically post roles for a combination of (1) they are an opportunity for people to have impact in the role, (2) they are an opportunity for the person to build career capital to have an impact in the future.
In practice very few roles fall squarely in each of these categories and separating out the mix of each factor ex ante is really hard. (All of the roles we think are the most impactful are also great career capital opportunities, and even in a mostly career building role a great person can have a lot of impact).
I think we haven’t communicated this super well (we’re planning on changing our landing page taglines to reflect, and also have updated our FAQs). I’m also hoping that some of the changes in my other comment help on this but we’re also open to further suggestions
I was quite afraid when I read that there are jobs listed for career capital. I’m glad to read that actually there is a combination of impact and capital. I hope all jobs posted have a significant positive impact.
In my mind “High Impact” should be the first priority. If we have to add other considerations I would also go for “EA Community Expansion and Diversity” as more important than “Career Capital”.
Let’s assume we have already listed all the High Impact opportunities we can find. As the next step I would go for listing the second job position in China rather than the 301st in San Francisco, even if the second one is better for career capital.
Note: I edited my original post to make it more clear.
Hey, (Kush here, new product manager for the 80k job board). This is a good question!
So we basically post roles for a combination of (1) they are an opportunity for people to have impact in the role, (2) they are an opportunity for the person to build career capital to have an impact in the future.
In practice very few roles fall squarely in each of these categories and separating out the mix of each factor ex ante is really hard. (All of the roles we think are the most impactful are also great career capital opportunities, and even in a mostly career building role a great person can have a lot of impact).
I think we haven’t communicated this super well (we’re planning on changing our landing page taglines to reflect, and also have updated our FAQs). I’m also hoping that some of the changes in my other comment help on this but we’re also open to further suggestions
I think I’d be in favour of you guys indicating for each role if it is:
Mainly there for direct impact
Mainly there for career capital
There for both impact and career capital (I.e. neither one clearly dominates the other)
Obviously whoever is putting the role on the board is doing so for a reason, so should know the answer to this question.
Hi,
I was quite afraid when I read that there are jobs listed for career capital. I’m glad to read that actually there is a combination of impact and capital. I hope all jobs posted have a significant positive impact.
In my mind “High Impact” should be the first priority. If we have to add other considerations I would also go for “EA Community Expansion and Diversity” as more important than “Career Capital”.
Let’s assume we have already listed all the High Impact opportunities we can find. As the next step I would go for listing the second job position in China rather than the 301st in San Francisco, even if the second one is better for career capital.
Note: I edited my original post to make it more clear.