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A practical entry point for individuals seeking to enter the AI safety field; useful for those uncertain about career paths or needing connections to organizations working on AI risk mitigation.

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Summary

80,000 Hours offers free, personalized one-on-one career advising focused on helping analytically-minded individuals pursue high-impact work, with particular emphasis on AI safety and other pressing global problems. Coaches help evaluate career options, make professional introductions to experts and hiring managers, and suggest concrete next steps. With over 5,000 people advised and a 95% recommendation rate, the service has demonstrably shifted career trajectories toward higher-impact work.

Key Points

  • Free one-on-one video calls with advisors who are well-connected in AI safety and effective altruism communities
  • 76% of advisees report changing their career plans toward higher-impact work as a direct result of advising
  • Advisors can make introductions to experts and hiring managers in AI safety, policy, and related fields
  • Best suited for analytically-minded individuals open to AI risk concerns and committed to long-term welfare promotion
  • Alumni include researchers at Anthropic, DeepMind, CHAI, and policy roles at AI-focused institutions

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Speak with us | 80,000 Hours Search for: Free, personalised, and impact-focused career advising

 We’ve helped over 5,000 people choose a focus, make connections, and find work that makes a difference.

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 Whether you’re changing careers, just starting out, or are already on an impactful path but have questions or uncertainties, our advisors are here to help. Here’s what we can do on the free one-on-one call:

 Review your options

 We help you evaluate causes and high-impact career options.

 Make introductions

 We can introduce you to experts and hiring managers in relevant fields.

 Suggest next career steps

 We'll provide guidance on practical next steps, such as suggesting promising job opportunities.

 Our advisees currently work at:

 Sudhanshu Kasewa is an advisor at 80,000 Hours. Who we can help 

 We’re most helpful for people who:

 Take an analytical approach to social impact and career choice.
 Aim to use their career to do the most good, and are serious about promoting welfare over the long term.
 Are open to considering the possibility of rapid AI progress in the near future and its consequences.
 Hope to work on one of our pressing problems , especially mitigating risks from AI .
 Some people we've helped 

 Of the thousands of people we’ve advised, 95% would recommend us to a friend and 76% said they changed their career plans to something higher impact.

 The advising team is incredibly well-researched and connected in AI safety. Their advice is far more insightful, personalized, and impact-focused than most of what I got from Google, self-reflection, or the peers or mentors I would typically go to.

 Ethan Perez Research Scientist Anthropic As a direct result of advising, I found a role as Assistant Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley, where I began contributing to shaping provably beneficial AI.

 Rosie Campbell Managing Director Eleos AI A huge thank you for offering this service! University career counselors tend to focus on finding job listings, networking, and tweaking a resume — but the big issues I was able to explore with 80,000 Hours were far more important to me in thinking about my career over the next 30 years.

 Jessica Almy Policy Director The Good Food Institute I was introduced to some experts in the field and others who were interested in following a similar path. These introductions have played a big part in me obtaining an internship at MILA. 80,000 Hours also helped me to be awarded an EA grant for pursuing research related to AI safety.

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