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Anonymous advice: What's good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on? - 80,000 Hours

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On this page: Introduction 1 Is there any career advice you'd be hesitant to give if it were going to be attributed to you? 1.1 Be an entertaining interviewee 1.2 Don't constantly criticise others working on your cause 1.3 Don't follow general advice blindly 1.4 Solve low-level health problems in college 1.5 Don't listen too much to anyone's advice 1.6 If you're not good at office politics, steer clear of it 1.7 Many personal decisions people hassle you about don't matter 1.8 If you need a PhD, get through it ASAP 1.9 Develop specific skills and think about specialising early 1.10 You usually

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