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Romashka comments on Feedback on promoting rational thinking about one's career choice to a broad audience - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 31 March 2015 10:44PM

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Comment author: Romashka 01 April 2015 04:33:07AM *  3 points [-]

This seems somewhat condensed, you know, like a memory of a decision and not the actual protocol. What other careers have you considered? Have your parents not warned you about the lying a history professor is supposed to do? What arguments to the contrary could have swayed your decision (as opposed to what could not)? What new information did you have to seek as evidence in either direction?

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 01 April 2015 09:20:31PM 0 points [-]

Yup, this is indeed the memory of a decision, and my 18-year-old self didn't consider other careers. Regarding the key protocol, that is in the very end, which lists the 3 steps. Regarding the new information, this is included in the "Review and revise" steps.

However, I think the questions you raise are really valuable for specifically decision-making regarding careers. I'll be writing more blog posts regarding career decision-making in the future, and will make sure to integrate those questions into those blog posts. Thank you!