You can have a huge positive impact by donating even a small amount to effective charities.
Article: Why and how to earn to give
Career review: Trading in quantitative hedge funds
Many people in our network have pledged part of their income to effective charities.
Article: Matt Wage on working in trading and donating half his pay to charity
Podcast: Alex Gordon-Brown on making millions for charity by working in quant finance
Article: Allan Saldanha on giving away half to three-quarters of his income every year
You can switch career paths to pursue high-impact jobs directly.
Financial work experience can be a useful form of flexible career capital. Many financial organisations are well-respected and have a reputation for high performance. The skills gained while working in finance, such as analysis, problem-solving & efficiency, can be transferable to high-impact jobs.
This could include pivoting within finance, or finding impactful areas in your current organisation.
Article: A guide from 80,000 Hours on using your career to help solve the world’s most pressing problems
Action: Plan a high-impact career now using the 80,000 Hours step-by-step tool
You can leverage your network to do good.
You can partner with organisations such as One for the World to host a talk in your workplace on highly cost-effective charities. Your colleagues may want to be doing more good and would be interested to hear about analytical and data-driven research on how to have the most philanthropic impact.
Action: Send a quick email to One for the World: info@1fortheworld.org
Get in touch if you would like to talk about impact.