Career Decisions
Your career defines 80,000 hours of your life. Make these choices count.
Should I Quit My Job?
The thought of quitting your job often comes with a mix of excitement and dread. You might feel trapped between the security of your current...
Should I Accept a Promotion?
Being offered a promotion triggers a complex emotional response—flattery, pressure, excitement, and anxiety all at once. You might feel obli...
Should I Change Careers?
The desire for a career change often builds gradually—a growing sense that you're in the wrong place, doing work that doesn't resonate. But...
Should I Start a Business?
The allure of being your own boss, building something meaningful, and potentially striking it rich is powerful. But beneath the success stor...
Should I Relocate for a Job?
A job offer in another city forces you to weigh competing priorities. The career opportunity might be exceptional, but uprooting your life—l...
Should I Accept a Counteroffer?
Receiving a counteroffer triggers emotional whiplash. Just when you'd steeled yourself to leave, your employer suddenly offers what you'd wa...
Should I Negotiate My Salary?
The prospect of negotiating your salary triggers a visceral fear of rejection, seeming greedy, or even losing the offer entirely. You know y...
Should I Switch to Management?
The management track beckons with promises of higher status and pay, but you're not sure if you actually want to manage people or if you'd m...
Should I Quit Without Another Offer?
You're desperate to leave your job but don't have another one lined up. The conventional wisdom screams that this is reckless, but your curr...
Should I Take a Remote Job?
Remote work promises freedom from commutes and office politics, but you wonder if you'd miss the human connection, struggle with boundaries,...
Should I Freelance Full-Time?
The dream of being your own boss, choosing your projects, and controlling your schedule is intoxicating. But you're terrified of the inconsi...
Should I Leave a Toxic Job?
You dread going to work. Maybe it's a bullying boss, a culture of fear, or colleagues who undermine you. But you question whether you're bei...
Should I Take a Sabbatical?
You're burned out, curious about a different life, or yearning for time to pursue something meaningful. But taking extended time off feels l...
Should I Retire Early?
The FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement promises escape from work decades before traditional retirement. But you wonder if...
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