Yeah, I always feel bad when people who want to do good get rejected from advising. In general, you should not update too much on getting rejected from advising. We decide not to invite people for calls for many reasons. For example, there are some people who are doing great work who aren’t at a place yet where we think we can be much help, such as freshmen who would benefit more from reading the (free!) 80,000 Hours career guide than speaking to an advisor for half an hour.
Also, you can totally apply again 6 months after your initial application and we will not consider it the least bit spammy. (I’ve spoken to many people who got rejected the first time they applied!)
Another thing to consider is that a lot of the value from the call can be captured by doing these things:
Read our online career guide
Take time to reflect on your values and career. Give yourself 1 hour of dedicated time to do this. Fill out the doc that we would have gone through during the call here: Career Reflection Template
Send your answers on the doc to somebody you trust to get feedback on how you’re thinking through things.
Yeah, I always feel bad when people who want to do good get rejected from advising. In general, you should not update too much on getting rejected from advising. We decide not to invite people for calls for many reasons. For example, there are some people who are doing great work who aren’t at a place yet where we think we can be much help, such as freshmen who would benefit more from reading the (free!) 80,000 Hours career guide than speaking to an advisor for half an hour.
Also, you can totally apply again 6 months after your initial application and we will not consider it the least bit spammy. (I’ve spoken to many people who got rejected the first time they applied!)
Another thing to consider is that a lot of the value from the call can be captured by doing these things:
Read our online career guide
Take time to reflect on your values and career. Give yourself 1 hour of dedicated time to do this. Fill out the doc that we would have gone through during the call here: Career Reflection Template
Send your answers on the doc to somebody you trust to get feedback on how you’re thinking through things.