Five philosophies of career success - 80,000 Hours
People have many different beliefs about what drives career success. These different beliefs lead to different philosophies of career advice, which have different implications for how to choose a career. Here I outline what I take to be five common philosophies of career success, some rough thoughts on which is correct, what they imply, and why most of them differ from mainstream careers advice. Five philosophies Here’s a short overview of each one, made extreme to clearly illustrate the differences: 1.
On this page: Introduction 1 Five philosophies 1.1 1. Find your unique career match 1.2 2. Work hard 1.3 3. Be bright 1.4 4. Find the right people & organisation 1.5 5. Be lucky 2 What underlies the views 3 Which view to emphasise? 3.1 Spiky skills 3.2 What drives success on average? 4 Why does standard career advice focus so much on the unique match view? 5 Wrapping up — how does this relate to 'personal fit'? Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson (2004), photo by Bill45 People have many different beliefs about what drives career success. These different beliefs lead to different philosophies of ca
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