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My job hunt experience | benkuhn.net

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Some people have been asking me how my job search went—how I found out about and decided on the current company that I’m working for. I thought I’d write a bit about it, as a case study for other folks interested in doing similar things and because I learned some interesting stuff along the way. For my first few years of college I prioritized getting experience in a bunch of different potential fields—I tried working at Fog Creek, Jane Street, and GiveWell, and cofounding a startup. By the end of that I came to a couple conclusions about what I wanted to do. In terms of altruistic career choice considerations, I decided I should probably focus on doing the things I could be most awesome at, rather than trying to naively maximize earnings or maximize direct good done—basically, because I’m fairly uncertain about whether having lots of money will be helpful, and I’m fairly uncertain about what does the most direct good, but being awesome at things is a robustly good outcome that can be p

Some people have been asking me how my job search went-how I found out about and decided on the current company that I'm working for. I thought I'd write a bit about it, as a case study for other folks interested in doing similar things and because I learned some interesting stuff along the way. Contents Background For my first few years of college I prioritized getting experience in a bunch of different potential fields-I tried working at Fog Creek, Jane Street, and GiveWell, and cofounding a startup. By the end of that I came to a couple conclusions about what I wanted to do. In terms of alt

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