Is it possible that the effort that would be necessary to give specific advice versus generic advice is not actually worth the effort? It’s better to try to influence people at the start of their 80,000 hours, and once someone has invested a portion of their life (one third?) it’s better to just flip them to earning to give and move on to the next 22 year old Ivy League graduate?
At the start, say someone with 79,000 hours to go, they are still essentially the same as the 22 year old Ivy League Graduate with 80,000 hours, so the advice is the same.
There’s got to be a tipping point, which probably depends on if the person’s first 10,000 or 20,000 hours built up flexible career capital or more specific. The person who became a pharmacist is more locked in than the person who got an MBA.
Is it possible that the effort that would be necessary to give specific advice versus generic advice is not actually worth the effort? It’s better to try to influence people at the start of their 80,000 hours, and once someone has invested a portion of their life (one third?) it’s better to just flip them to earning to give and move on to the next 22 year old Ivy League graduate?
At the start, say someone with 79,000 hours to go, they are still essentially the same as the 22 year old Ivy League Graduate with 80,000 hours, so the advice is the same.
There’s got to be a tipping point, which probably depends on if the person’s first 10,000 or 20,000 hours built up flexible career capital or more specific. The person who became a pharmacist is more locked in than the person who got an MBA.