The 80,000 Hours Career Guide (2023)

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The 80,000 Hours Career Guide (2023)

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Sep 4, 2023

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An audio version of the 2023 80,000 Hours career guide, also available on our website, on Amazon and on Audible.If you know someone who might find our career guide helpful, you can get a free copy sent to them by going to 80000hours.org/gift.

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Sep 4, 2023

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Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them. Subscribe by searching for '80,000 Hours' wherever you get podcasts. Produced by Keiran Harris. Hosted by Rob Wiblin, Head of Research at 80,000 Hours.

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#20 - Bruce Friedrich on inventing outstanding meat substitutes to end speciesism & factory farming: Before the US Civil War, it was easier for the No… by 80,000 Hours Podcast
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