Comment on 'What is meta Effective Altruism?'

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Comment by MichaelA - I found the distinctions you drew between types of career advice research interesting - I hadn’t really thought of those distinctions before and expect to find that useful in future. I’ve also suggested [https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/career-advising/discussion?commentId=xSABYzxB8DaLjoojS] that that section be drawn on for the new EA Wiki entry on career advising. That said, I think it should really be a four-part (or maybe five-part) distinction, with the parts being: 1. Movement-level (or “generic”) career choice research: “Which career paths are especially impactful, overall, for people to join?” 2. Generic career success research: “What can a person do to maximise their chance of getting into the jobs they want, doing well in them, remaining productive and happy, not burning out, etc.?” * (Along the lines of https://80000hours.org/career-guide/how-to-be-successful/ [https://80000hours.org/career-guide/how-to-be-successful/] ) 3. Individual-level career choice research: “How can a given person find an impactful career that is a good fit for them?” 4. Career advice intervention research: “What can we do to help more people find impactful careers?” Currently your “individual-level research” category kind-of implies that it includes a bit of work on what would make someone successful, but really that’s something fairly different and something that can be researched in a more generalised way. I say “or maybe five-part” because one could also add “Individual-level career success research”. But I’m guessing that that wouldn’t add much.