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Robert SE Wiblin
@robertwiblin · Head of Research
Hi everyone, I'm one of the researchers and designers behind this quiz!
I'm happy to say that we are a non-profit and so all of content is completely free.
We appreciate that it doesn't have coverage of every career track yet, but we are working every day to expand the range of options considered, so it will be of more use to you.
We are particularly inte… See more
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Robert SE Wiblin
@robertwiblin · Head of Research
Hi everyone, I'm one of the researchers and designers behind this quiz!
I'm happy to say that we are a non-profit and so all of content is completely free.
We appreciate that it doesn't have coverage of every career track yet, but we are working every day to expand the range of options considered, so it will be of more use to you.
We are particularly inte… See more
Kat Manalac
@katmanalac · Partner, Y Combinator
80,000 Hours offers career advice to young people who want to have a large social impact. The quiz asks about your personal situation and then recommends the highest impact paths for you. I wish this type of thing had been around when I was just getting started.
Haley Bash
@haleyparty · human being, software engineer
As someone looking to ultimately dedicate a career to the world of social impact I find the concept to be great. The questions about stage of career and how I would want to contribute were very valid. However I'd love to see something more robust - I get that being quick and dirty like a Buzzfeed quiz generates more users to take the test, but if your target… See more
Clare Corthell
@clarecorthell
I appreciate career advice, and I think it's a dramatically underserved need of college students. However, some of this is damaging and simply wrong.
The Data Science career track, for example, starts with "If you have a PhD and don't know what to do next..."
This is like a bad infection, an idea that pervades despite little correlation to reality. There is … See more
Brian Curliss
@briancurliss · Founder of MailLift.com
I think there is a lot of room for growth with this app (I didn't gain much insight), but I love the concept!