Our mission is to help you find a career that’s good for you and good for the world. This is the goal that drives all of our advice, whether that’s through our writing, advising, or workshops.
To do this, we are guided by three key principles:
Evidence-Based
Advice is only as reliable as the sources behind it. The advice we give isn’t solely based on intuition; it’s based on the best expertise and evidence we can find.
Our content is written with the help of industry experts from multiple fields, along with in-depth reviews of the best research we can find, including everything from peer-reviewed studies, government reports, and white papers from think tanks. There’s rarely perfect evidence, so we try to be careful in noting our level of confidence in our claims and sharing what evidence we base them on. Read more about our research process here.
Scale-Sensitive
Being scale-sensitive means paying attention to the often vast differences in the size of problems we might choose to tackle, as well as large differences in the effectiveness of our approaches to solving them.
For example, research suggests the most effective health measures are often at least 10 times more effective than average measures per dollar spent, with some even being 100 times more effective.
This same dynamic applies to the impact of our careers. We believe that some opportunities can let you have much more positive impact than others – even with the same amount of effort and often without major sacrifices.
Open-Minded
People have different views on what matters most, what the best methods are to help others, and on what they personally want and need from a career.
Ethicists have argued for thousands of years about what really matters. Despite this, they’re still divided across a range of different opinions. Similarly, there are lots of competing ideas about the actions we should take to actually improve the world.
People also have different personal priorities, skills, and circumstances. Some people may not want to move for a job, or may prioritize a comfortable income. Others may be happy to move or take a lower salary for the right opportunity.
We take this diverse range of views seriously, and acknowledge that people have different requirements for their careers. This means we avoid prescribing just one way of looking at the world and try to provide tools rather than conclusions. This way, people can make better decisions for themselves, grounded in their values, views, and preferences.
Feedback
An important part of being open-minded means being responsive to new information and alternative perspectives. If you have any feedback that can help us improve our services, please get in contact here. We’d love to hear from you!
