I think 80k advisors give good advice. So I hope people take it seriously but not follow it blindly.
Giving good advice is really hard, and you should seek it out from many different sources.
You also know yourself better than we do; people are unique and complicated, so if we give you advice that simply doesn’t apply to your personal situation, you should do something else. We are also flawed human beings, and sometimes make mistakes. Personally, I was miscalibrated on how hard it is to get technical AI safety roles, and I think I was overly optimistic about acceptance rates at different orgs. I feel really badly about this (my mistakes were pointed out by another advisor and I’ve since course corrected), just being explicit that we do make mistakes!
How much would you want people weight 80k hours calls into their overall decision-making? (approximate ranges or examples is fine)
I think 80k advisors give good advice. So I hope people take it seriously but not follow it blindly.
Giving good advice is really hard, and you should seek it out from many different sources.
You also know yourself better than we do; people are unique and complicated, so if we give you advice that simply doesn’t apply to your personal situation, you should do something else. We are also flawed human beings, and sometimes make mistakes. Personally, I was miscalibrated on how hard it is to get technical AI safety roles, and I think I was overly optimistic about acceptance rates at different orgs. I feel really badly about this (my mistakes were pointed out by another advisor and I’ve since course corrected), just being explicit that we do make mistakes!