[Career review] “Marketing (for skill-building & earning to give)” by Roman Duda

Spending a few years doing marketing in the private sector can teach you highly generalizable skills that can later be used in a wide range of industries and causes. You should consider marketing if you have good social and verbal skills, want a decent work life balance and want to keep your options open across causes.

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Outline:

(00:10) Summary

(00:32) Pros

(00:59) Cons

(01:16) Key facts on fit

(01:28) Next steps

(02:00) Sometimes recommended

(02:10) Review status

(02:14) Research process

(02:48) What is this career path?

(03:55) What are the major sub-options in marketing?

(04:34) What are the major stages of this career?

(05:02) What is it like day to day?

(05:15) Why do marketing?

(05:19) Keep your options open across industries and causes

(06:07) Reach leadership positions

(06:31) Better work-life balance than finance, law and consulting

(06:50) Well-paid (after a few years)

(07:19) Decent outlook

(08:03) Reasons not to do marketing

(08:07) Some areas likely have negative externalities

(09:13) Corporate culture can reduce altruistic motivation

(09:33) Not as prestigious or well-paid as finance, consulting, law

(09:56) Entry requirements

(10:51) Who should consider marketing?

(11:15) Next steps

(12:24) Further reading

The original text contained 9 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
June 30th, 2015

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/work-in-marketing

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