[Career review] “Found a tech startup” by Benjamin Todd

Technology entrepreneurship is a very high-potential path, offering good career capital, with a chance of both high earnings and large direct impact. Overall, we think more people should try this path. However, it’s also one of the most difficult paths, and only suits a relatively small number of people. Consider this career if you think you can develop strong technical skills, as well as the ability to deal with high risk of failure, work very long hours and do something unconventional.

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Outline:

(00:09) Summary

(00:42) Key facts on fit

(00:55) Next steps

(01:22) Sometimes recommended

(01:32) Review status

(01:37) What is this career?

(02:23) Potential for immediate impact

(02:27) Direct impact potential

(04:00) Earnings potential

(05:05) Advocacy potential

(05:24) Potential for long-run impact

(05:29) Career capital

(05:51) Exploration value

(06:12) Personal fit

(06:16) Entry requirements

(06:37) What does it take to progress?

(07:25) Job satisfaction

(07:56) Learn more

(08:00) Top recommendations

(08:16) Further recommendations

(09:00) Want to use entrepreneurship to do a lot of good?

The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
August 6th, 2014

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/tech-entrepreneurship

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