Career capital

Further reading

Todd, Benjamin (2021) Career capital: how best to invest in yourself, 80,000 Hours, September.

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career choice | career framework

Career capital is the stock of resources that increase the future impact of a person's career. It consists of skills, connections, credentials, and runway (Todd 2015).runway.^[1]

According to 80,000 Hours, building career capital is one of the most effective ways for individuals to have an impact over the course of their careers. This is especially the case for individuals at the beginning of their careers, since the value of this capital is roughly proportional to the remaining duration of a person's career. In addition, 80,000 Hours used to recommend building flexible career capital—skills, connections, and credentials useful across a wide variety of jobs—to individuals uncertain about their careers (Todd 2014),careers,^[2] though more recently they have de-emphasized this recommendation, stressing instead the importance of career capital that is most useful in the highest-impact jobs (Todd 2019)jobs.^[3]

Bibliography

Todd, Benjamin (2014)

1. Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?^, 80,000 Hours, October.

   Todd, Benjamin (2015) What should you look for in a job? Introducing our framework, 80,000 Hours, July.

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   Todd, Benjamin (2019) Before committing to management consulting, consider directly entering priority paths, policy, startups, and other options, 80,000 Hours, November.

Todd, Benjamin (2019) Before committing to management consulting, consider directly entering priority paths, policy, startups, and other options, 80,000 Hours, November.

Todd, Benjamin (2014) Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?, 80,000 Hours, October.

Todd, Benjamin (2019) Before committing to management consulting, consider directly entering priority paths, policy, startups, and other options, 80,000 Hours, November.

Career capital is the stock of resources that increase the future impact of a person's career. It consists of skills, connections, credentials, and runway.runway (Todd 2015).

According to 80,000 Hours, building career capital is one of the most effective ways for individuals to have an impact over the course of their careers. This is especially the case for individuals at the beginning of their careers, since the value of this capital is roughly proportional to the remaining duration of a person's career. In addition, 80,000 Hours used to recommend building flexible career capital—skills, connections, and credentials useful across a wide variety of jobs—to individuals uncertain about their careers (Todd 2014), though more recently they have de-emphasized this recommendation, stressing instead the importance of career capital that is most useful in the highest-impact jobs (Todd 2019)

Bibliography

Todd, Benjamin (2019) Before committing to management consulting, consider directly entering priority paths, policy, startups, and other options, 80,000 Hours, November.

Todd, Benjamin (2014) Which jobs put you in the best long-term position?, 80,000 Hours, October.

Todd, Benjamin (2015) What should you look for in a job? Introducing our framework, 80,000 Hours, July.

Career capital is the stock of resources that increase the future impact of a person's career. It consists of skills, connections, credentials, and runway.