Benjamin Todd
Benjamin Todd is the co-founder and president of 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit organization he helped establish in 2011 to conduct research on high-impact careers and provide evidence-based career guidance. He served as CEO for the organization's first decade before transitioning to the president role, where he focuses on strategy and research, particularly on careers in the context of artificial intelligence. He is best known for challenging conventional career wisdom — including the advice to "follow your passion" — and for his book 80,000 Hours, whose 2026 revised edition includes new chapters arguing that most standard career advice lacks research backing and fails to account for how AI is transforming the job market.
“A new book by Benjamin Todd argues that most standard career advice has little research behind it, and doesn't account for how AI is changing the job market.”
“A new book by Benjamin Todd argues that most standard career advice has little research behind it, and doesn't account for how AI is changing the job market.”
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