80,000 Hours career decision tool
Productivity
career planning
SHOW HN2016
6points
6comments
#2,062of 2,264 in 2016
Top 92%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Seen as a bait-and-switch to promote charitable giving
From 1 comment
Honestly, this feels like a bait and switch that is mainly trying to convince people to donate more to charity and be more altruistic rather than "help make career decisions". If…
ryan-c on HN
Intrusive sign-up prompts
From 2 comments
Started it, barely went 10% in. The so far frequent "hey sign up for x" was annoying. And then it tells me to write questions and such, who's gonna answer those? I don't get it.…
wingerlang on HNI'll be honest, I did not read most of what was presented to me. Looking back - it might be like ad/banner blindness - I just saw something trying to get me to sign up or such…
wingerlang on HN
Asks users to write questions with no clear answerer
From 1 comment
Started it, barely went 10% in. The so far frequent "hey sign up for x" was annoying. And then it tells me to write questions and such, who's gonna answer those? I don't get it.…
wingerlang on HN
Questions
What are the most effective ways to improve the tool?
From 1 comment
Hi all, We've done one-on-one career coaching with a couple of hundred people, and found ourselves asking the same questions over and over again. So we put the most common…
BenjaminTodd on HN