Some promising career ideas beyond 80,000 Hours' priority paths

Abstract

This article examines career options that could be promising for individuals interested in positively impacting the long-term future, focusing on options beyond those already identified as priority paths by 80,000 Hours. The authors compiled a list of potential career ideas by consulting with effective altruism advisors and identifying undervalued career areas. They explore careers such as becoming a historian focused on large societal trends, specializing in Russia or India, becoming an expert in AI hardware, pursuing information security, and becoming a public intellectual. The article also discusses policy careers outside of AI and biosecurity, research management, formal verification, contributing to the effective altruism community, non-profit entrepreneurship, non-technical roles in leading AI labs, creating or managing a long-term philanthropic fund, exploring potentially pressing problem areas, and identifying promising research strategies that combine disciplines. – AI-generated abstract.