What is the 80 000 hours podcast about?
About the show. The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world’s most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them. We invite guests pursuing a wide range of career paths – from academics and activists to entrepreneurs and policymakers – to analyse the case for working on different issues, ...
Who is 80 000 hours?
He is Director of Research at a nonprofit called 80,000 Hours, and their mission is to figure out and then communicate to people how they can do the most good with their careers. Robert is a long-standing leader in the effective altruism movement. He runs an excellent podcast called the 80,000 Hours Podcast. And he is from Adelaide.
What is 80K after hours?
Resources on how to do good with your career — and anything else we feel like releasing. 80k After Hours is a podcast by the team that brings you The 80,000 Hours Podcast. Like that show, it’ll mostly still explore the best ways to do good — and some episodes will be even more laser-focused on careers than most original episodes.
How can I subscribe to 80K hours?
Subscribe by searching for 80,000 Hours wherever you get podcasts, or click one of the buttons below: Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness, population ethics, & harnessing the brainpower of academia to tackle the most important research questions Our job board presents some of the most promising publicly advertised vacancies we know about.
Start here
If you’re new, start here to learn how to compare career paths in terms of impact, using four key factors: problem, solution, leverage, and personal fit.
Key ideas guide
This guide covers the most important ideas you need to understand to have a high-impact career, such as how to define social impact in the first place, how to compare global problems, how to work out what you’re good at, and more.
Podcast
In-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them.
Job board
Our job board presents some of the most promising publicly advertised vacancies we know about. If you’re a good fit for one of them, it could be your best opportunity to work on one of the world's most pressing problems, or to get the career capital you need to have a big impact later. View the job board
Research
The issue you work on is probably the most important factor determining your impact. It’s important to focus on issues that are not only big, but also neglected and tractable. We have advice on how to compare different issues, and a list of especially pressing problems you could help tackle in your career.
Get 1-1 advice
If you’re interested in working on one of the global problems we highlight, apply to speak with our team one-on-one for free. We can discuss which problem to focus on, look over your plan, introduce you to mentors, and suggest roles that suit your skills.
Our community
Two people working together can have more than twice the impact, so we’ve helped to build the global effective altruism community. It’s made up of thousands of people around the world, who aim to help others and use evidence and careful reasoning to find the best ways to do so.
What is 80,000 hours podcast?
The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world’s most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve them. We invite guests pursuing a wide range of career paths - from academics and activists to entrepreneurs and policymakers — to analyse the case for and against working on different issues and which approaches are best for solving them.
Is it rare to have insight into someone's thoughts?
While depression, anxiety, ADHD and other problems are extremely common, it’s rare for people to offer detailed insight into their thoughts and struggles — and even rarer for someone as perceptive as Howie to do so.
