Most career advice is disappointingly shallow. Which is tragic, given how important a decision it is.
A decision worth reading a good book about — and @benjtodd is the most thoughtful person on career choice I know.
He's spent 15 years researching it, and now his book is out: 80000hours.org/book/
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