[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. Narrated by AI. ---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. --- First published: June 30th, 2015 Source: https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/work-in-marketing --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.