Although I think 80k consulting would be very useful for me right now, I worry that it might be even more useful in the future and that they won’t accept me then if I would do it now. Do you have any thoughts on this?
I’ve done 80k coaching ~3 times. If you think your context has changed enough for it to be useful again, then 80k will probably agree. Giving you a coaching session is pretty low cost relative to the outputs (from their perspective).
Fwiw I didn’t find the coaching very useful but the advisors are lovely, I enjoyed our chat, and the time investment is low. Since I last spoke to 80k there has been more of a push on ‘being ambitious’ so maybe their advice would be more useful for me now? Idk.
At least in my case, they asked me to reach out directly in the future if I wanted further help. I have the impression that they’re trying to help us in the long-term, and not as a one-off favour.
(Would be curious if anybody else has had a different experience!)
While we do typically speak to people only once, as we find that we can help most with those initial conversations, it’s certainly not a hard rule, and some of the most valuable seeming calls I’ve had so far have been with people who spoke to 80k a few years ago. I think Caleb was describing a good heuristic—if your circumstances/plans change significantly, meaning that you’re facing a different decision to when we first spoke, it’s fairly likely to be useful to speak again.
In general, I think that if you think a call would be useful for you right now, it would be a mistake not to apply because of fear of losing your ‘shot’.
Although I think 80k consulting would be very useful for me right now, I worry that it might be even more useful in the future and that they won’t accept me then if I would do it now. Do you have any thoughts on this?
I’ve done 80k coaching ~3 times. If you think your context has changed enough for it to be useful again, then 80k will probably agree. Giving you a coaching session is pretty low cost relative to the outputs (from their perspective).
Fwiw I didn’t find the coaching very useful but the advisors are lovely, I enjoyed our chat, and the time investment is low. Since I last spoke to 80k there has been more of a push on ‘being ambitious’ so maybe their advice would be more useful for me now? Idk.
At least in my case, they asked me to reach out directly in the future if I wanted further help. I have the impression that they’re trying to help us in the long-term, and not as a one-off favour.
(Would be curious if anybody else has had a different experience!)
Yep, this is my understanding as well!
While we do typically speak to people only once, as we find that we can help most with those initial conversations, it’s certainly not a hard rule, and some of the most valuable seeming calls I’ve had so far have been with people who spoke to 80k a few years ago. I think Caleb was describing a good heuristic—if your circumstances/plans change significantly, meaning that you’re facing a different decision to when we first spoke, it’s fairly likely to be useful to speak again.
In general, I think that if you think a call would be useful for you right now, it would be a mistake not to apply because of fear of losing your ‘shot’.
Thanks for your comment!