or to take an extreme example, becoming president of the US
What is your thinking for not including this? I am asking as there might be people (you know better than me!) that might think it worthwhile to pursue this career even if it to them has a 0.01% chance of success. I am asking as there is existing EA advice about being ambitious, but is there advice that I have not seen about not being too ambitious? I feel like many people might “qualify” for becoming a president even if the chance of “making it” is low, so in one way it is perhaps not that narrow (even if there is only one 1st place). And on the way to this goal, people are likely to be managing large pots of money and/or making impactful policy more likely to happen.
I agree that it might be worthwhile to try to become the president of the US—but that wouldn’t mean it’s best for us to have an article on it, especially highly ranked. that takes real estate on our site, attention from readers, and time. This specific path is a sub-category of political careers, which we have several articles on. In the end, it is not possible for us to have profiles on every path that is potentially worthwhile for someone. My take is that it’s better for us to prioritise options where the described endpoint is achievable for at least a healthy handful of readers.
What is your thinking for not including this? I am asking as there might be people (you know better than me!) that might think it worthwhile to pursue this career even if it to them has a 0.01% chance of success. I am asking as there is existing EA advice about being ambitious, but is there advice that I have not seen about not being too ambitious? I feel like many people might “qualify” for becoming a president even if the chance of “making it” is low, so in one way it is perhaps not that narrow (even if there is only one 1st place). And on the way to this goal, people are likely to be managing large pots of money and/or making impactful policy more likely to happen.
I agree that it might be worthwhile to try to become the president of the US—but that wouldn’t mean it’s best for us to have an article on it, especially highly ranked. that takes real estate on our site, attention from readers, and time. This specific path is a sub-category of political careers, which we have several articles on. In the end, it is not possible for us to have profiles on every path that is potentially worthwhile for someone. My take is that it’s better for us to prioritise options where the described endpoint is achievable for at least a healthy handful of readers.