{"id":10163,"date":"2024-09-20T09:33:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/overview-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:33:33","slug":"overview-2","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/en\/course\/overview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Once you\u2019ve chosen a problem, the next step is to figure out how you can best contribute to solving it. As we have previously shown, the effect of different interventions can differ greatly. Therefore, it is important to consider what type of work would bring about the greatest progress in your chosen field. What bottlenecks prevent development today and what are effective ways to get around them? Sometimes policy change may be needed, in other cases funding or research. 80,000 Hours has identified five categories of professions that seem promising.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Research<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Communicating ideas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Building organizations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Government and policy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earning to give&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These categories are umbrella terms that hold many different roles, and they are not exhaustive. Rather, see them as inspiration as you consider what type of job would effectively address the problem you choose to focus on. Now we will go through them one by one.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/career-guide\/high-impact-jobs\/?int_campaign=2023-05--primary-navigation__career-guide\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which jobs help the most?<\/a> \u2013 article by 80,000 Hours<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/skills\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The most useful skills to making a difference<\/a> \u2013 article by 80,000 Hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10163","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-career-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Effektiv Altruism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/overview-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overview - Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once you\u2019ve chosen a problem, the next step is to figure out how you can best contribute to solving it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/overview-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Asset-1@13x.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2258\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/overview-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/overview-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Overview - Effektiv Altruism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T09:33:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/overview-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/overview-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/overview-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"4. 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