I think it would have been better if you distilled your responses; much of the 80K career sheet is trying to guide you towards next steps and clarify your priorities and preferences, so the initial set of questions may be kind of redundant. The post right now is kind of hard to parse.
If I had to guess, this may be the reason behind the downvotes, although I am unsure.
I see somewhere around 4-6 career directions right now. Since you have a few years of financial runaway and since you stated that “Exploration. I don’t know what I’m going to do as a career,” it might be worth meticulously planning out the next 6-12 months to explore the different options you are considering.
SWE: do you have prior coding experience? If yes, how did you like programming and how good were you at it? If not, then have you checked short programs which will help you learn the basics of programming quickly and also gauge if you enjoy and are adept at it?
Being a SWE is more than being a programmer, but programming is a necessary first step.
Safety: Are you interested in Technical safety? If yes, do you enjoy programming, math, and research to a considerable degree? Are you also open to policy/governance roles? What about being an operations person involved in a Safety org?
Journalism: Do you have prior experience with and enjoy research and writing? If not, maybe writing some sample pieces and getting feedback from friends/strangers who will be blunt about the quality and depth of your writing would help.
Landlord/personal trainer/psychology: These might be the easiest for you given your financial situation and because you already have relevant work experience. That said, since effective giving will be your primary pathway to impact in this case:
I think it would have been better if you distilled your responses; much of the 80K career sheet is trying to guide you towards next steps and clarify your priorities and preferences, so the initial set of questions may be kind of redundant. The post right now is kind of hard to parse.
If I had to guess, this may be the reason behind the downvotes, although I am unsure.
I see somewhere around 4-6 career directions right now. Since you have a few years of financial runaway and since you stated that “Exploration. I don’t know what I’m going to do as a career,” it might be worth meticulously planning out the next 6-12 months to explore the different options you are considering.
SWE: do you have prior coding experience? If yes, how did you like programming and how good were you at it? If not, then have you checked short programs which will help you learn the basics of programming quickly and also gauge if you enjoy and are adept at it?
Being a SWE is more than being a programmer, but programming is a necessary first step.
Safety: Are you interested in Technical safety? If yes, do you enjoy programming, math, and research to a considerable degree? Are you also open to policy/governance roles? What about being an operations person involved in a Safety org?
Journalism: Do you have prior experience with and enjoy research and writing? If not, maybe writing some sample pieces and getting feedback from friends/strangers who will be blunt about the quality and depth of your writing would help.
Landlord/personal trainer/psychology: These might be the easiest for you given your financial situation and because you already have relevant work experience. That said, since effective giving will be your primary pathway to impact in this case:
It would be worth spending lots of time learning about effective giving,
Choosing which cause/interventions you want to donate to, and
Maximizing the amount of money you can donate.