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by BenjaminTodd 3668 days ago
Sorry about that. I find popups annoying too. Unfortunately we just find we get a way higher conversion to the newsletter when we use popups, and since people need to engage over several months to get value out of the advice, getting people onto the newsletter is really important.
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Just a side comment, these are starting to be called "doorslams," and you may also be interested in alternative views of your "No thanks, I don't want a raise" dismissal link at http://confirmshaming.tumblr.com/
Thanks; some of these are so bad they reminded me of [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunnel_under_the_World

Why don't you offer the content all at once instead of dividing it into 9 weeks of 15-minute chunks once a week? I'd rather spend the 2 hours to read all of it at once, instead of having to wait 9 weeks to read it.
Hey tbirdz, sorry if this was unclear but you can read the whole thing whenever you like by starting here and just going through: https://80000hours.org/career-guide/

Or you can watch the whole thing starting here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRL-ByuQuo&list=PL-BRtcBm4Y...

Most people don't have time all at once and report wanting to do it in a few sessions.

Where on the site wasn't sufficiently direct about that? :)

We'll also add a free ebook at some point.