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Could you make the world better by founding a new profitable business? We think you can – and in at least two ways. First, you could provide products and services that directly improve the world. Second, you could generate a lot of money to donate toward effective causes and pressing … Read more

Want to help fight climate change? A career in climate science could help you do just that. By advancing our understanding of Earth’s climate and how human behavior affects it, climate scientists might be able to improve our chances of reducing climate change and mitigate its worst effects. For those … Read more

When most people think about veterinarians, they tend to imagine veterinary surgeons – the people they take their pets to when they’re sick. To an extent, this is accurate. The majority of veterinarians do indeed work in clinical roles, diagnosing and treating individual animals in settings like veterinary clinics, hospitals, farms, zoos, … Read more

There’s no shortage of significant problems affecting the world, but with only limited time, money, and resources, it’s impossible to tackle them all at once. How do we decide where to focus our efforts? This is the job of prioritization researchers, a type of researcher who uses tools from a … Read more

The medical profession attracts huge numbers of altruistically-minded people who want to make a difference with their careers. One recent survey, which asked for the career aspirations of over 600,000 teenagers across the world, found that over 10% of them wanted to become doctors. This is great – doctors are vital, … Read more

Civil servants are responsible for almost all aspects of running a country, from developing & maintaining infrastructure, to providing public services, to designing and implementing policies. Overall, we think that this can be a highly impactful career path if you’re able to work on the unique and important issues that … Read more

Managing people is critical to almost every organization in the world. Because of this, people management has the potential for enormous impact and is applicable to a wide range of fields and cause areas. However, it can be challenging to improve and accurately evaluate your impact in this path. Overall, … Read more

In short, a grantmaker’s job is to spend money on behalf of a foundation. More specifically, grantmakers decide where best to distribute money in line with their foundation’s goals by giving grants to relevant organizations and initiatives. When given responsibility over large sums of money in impactful cause areas, grantmaking … Read more

Development economics is a subfield of economics that focuses on the economic conditions and well-being of people in low and middle-income countries. Development economists work in governments, NGOs, think tanks, and academia, trying to incorporate and improve evidence-based policies and programs. We believe this can be a promising path for … Read more

Nonprofit Entrepreneurship is the founding of new nonprofits with the goal of solving important problems. It is a career path that has the potential of creating enormous positive impacts—though carries a high risk of failing (and in some cases, even doing harm). It requires a lot of investment and sacrifice, … Read more