Many of us know very little about what people in different roles actually do or how they got there. There's a good chance that you have experience that other Forum users would be interested in; so consider writing about your job! (Especially since Career Conversations Week is starting.)

Here are some existing "job profile" posts that you can explore.

(This post is somewhat redundant with Aaron's, but I hope it's a useful reminder.)

Why write about your job

Jobs are mysterious, and it’s pretty hard to get good information about jobs that you don’t happen to know about already.

I can present my experience as evidence for this claim. When I was finishing college, I was pretty clueless about my post-college options and kind of defaulted to graduate school (which was the main thing I knew).[1] I had realized my lack of knowledge was a problem, so I asked friends for advice. Someone [...]


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First published:

September 8th, 2023

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nyRwGEepTfb2EJMeF/writing-about-your-job-is-still-great-consider-doing-it


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