80,000 Hours

You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. Your choice of career is the most important decision you’ll make. So, what should you do? Most advice is based on no research, is woefully out of date for the age of AI, and offers (misleading) platitudes like ‘follow your passion’. Plus, if you want to help others, most advice defaults to medicine, when there are so many other careers that almost anyone can do that save more lives. Here, Benjamin Todd introduces a tried-and-tested toolkit that has already led thousands of people to the right path. It covers:

• What really makes for a dream job – and why it probably doesn’t involve ‘following your passion’.
• How to identify which global problems are most pressing.
• Which roles are likely to be automated, and how to ensure yours isn’t among them.

It’s also full of practical tips and tools. You’ll come away with a plan to use your 80,000 hours in a way that’s rewarding and fulfils your potential to make a difference