[Career review] “Become an executive assistant for someone doing especially high-impact work” by Arden Koehler

In a nutshell: A good executive assistant can dramatically increase someone's impact. If you work for someone doing high-impact work, you might be able to boost their daily productivity by about 10%, just by freeing up time they would otherwise spend on tasks that don’t take full advantage of their skills. That's equivalent to having one tenth (or more) as much impact as they have — which could be a lot.

Sometimes recommended — personal fit dependent

This career will be some people's highest-impact option if their personal fit is especially good.

Review status

Based on a shallow investigation

Why might being an executive assistant for an impactful person be high impact?

Some people may be extraordinarily productive compared to the average. (Read about this phenomenon in research careers.) But these people often have to use much of their time on work that doesn’t take the best advantage of their skills, such as [...]

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Outline:

(00:35) Sometimes recommended — personal fit dependent

(00:46) Review status

(00:51) Why might being an executive assistant for an impactful person be high impact?

(02:08) Want one-on-one advice on pursuing this path?

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First published:
October 21st, 2021

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/executive-assistant-for-an-impactful-person

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