In this episode of 80k After Hours — Rob continues to interview his 80,000 Hours colleagues Michelle Hutchinson and Habiba Islam about the 1-1 team.

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This is the second of a two-part interview. You can find the first part on the original 80,000 Hours Podcast feed.

In this part, they cover:

• Whether just encouraging someone young to aspire to more than they currently are is one of the most impactful ways to spend half an hour
• How much impact the one-on-one team has, the biggest challenges they face as a group, and different paths they could have gone down
• Whether giving general advice is a doomed enterprise
• And more

Who this episode is for:

• Young people interested in 80,000 Hours
• People curious about the inner-workings of the 1-1 team
• People who left the first part wanting more

Who this episode isn’t for:

• People who left the first part wanting less
• People who like up-to-date movie recommendations

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Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio mastering: Ben Cordell
Transcriptions: Katy Moore