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Originally we just had a list, and I had this concern with the test. However, as the list of paths we've reviewed gets longer, it seems useful to…",{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"9959286","Fair. Bear in mind: (i) it's aimed at talented graduates (ii) it's finds which of our top recommended careers you should most strongly consider, rather than which career you'd be…",{"value":59,"source":50,"evidence":60},"Talented graduates interested in social impact careers",[61],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},[],"unknown","launched","team",{"praise":67,"objections":90,"requests":146,"questions":167,"alternatives":182},[68,79],{"value":69,"source":70,"evidence":71},"Profiles and career content are useful","commenter",[72,76],{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"9960400","rdl","I can support the idea here (\"people wanting to have social impact\"), but the quiz is probably the worst way to direct people toward that possible. Just show ~10 ways to have…",{"id":77,"by":74,"text":78},"9963615","Maybe break it down by decision point. You decide early on about whether you prefer individual vs. group work; you decide later on whether you prioritize personal wealth (those…",{"value":80,"source":70,"evidence":81},"Idea of directing people to social impact careers is worthwhile",[82,86],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"9959343","kw71","I think it's great to encourage these kinds of work. I'm old and wish I had made my impact in more meaningful areas. Lots of people here have changed the world. 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That being said, the top 3…",{"value":104,"source":70,"evidence":105},"Cutesy answer subscripts are annoying",[106,110],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"9959347","guci22","The cutesy answer subscripts are really lame. I really did not want to complete the survey after the first question.",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"9960505","parsnipsumthing","I also disliked them and thought they were mainly inaccurate reflections of the preceding question. Being logical is not the same as being a math whiz. Being analytical is…",{"value":115,"source":70,"evidence":116},"Recommended careers seem narrow and favour tech and think tanks",[117,121,125],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"9959352","neilk","Think tank researcher and economics professor? These are good careers for people who want to change things? Citation needed.",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"9959609","ForHackernews","A lot of these suggestions seem really...douchey (for lack of a more precise term). I guess theoretically you can have a great social impact being a hedge fund quant or a startup…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"9959602","plaguuuuuu","edit: I get what the organisation is trying to do now. Just doing the survey put me off a bit though, even once I read through other parts of the site. IMO there's a lot of hand…",{"value":130,"source":70,"evidence":131},"Team lacks diversity, undermining social impact claims",[132,135],{"id":133,"by":97,"text":134},"9959718","Why is it targeted as such. Agism is a social issue, found predominantly in several of the industries suggested. edit: I just took a quick glance at your 'Meet the team' page,…",{"id":136,"by":97,"text":137},"9989610","No, you're not, you're actually the cause of the problem. If you were actually doing what you claim, then more than one person on your staff be anything other than white. 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