Mahanu🚧 Draft — not final. This page was auto-generated as day-one scaffolding for the project and still needs a human pass before it reads as finished. The blanks and placeholders below are intentional — someone who runs this project should fill them in and delete this notice.
Candidate fields
The honest list of fields in the running — including the safe one and the scary one — each researched on what the work actually is, not what it looks like from outside. The whole method: replace "what sounds impressive" and "what pays" with "what is the Tuesday of this job really like," gathered from people who do it.
The candidates
| Field | Day-to-day reality | Where it leads | Pays | Costs (time, money, lifestyle) | Talked to someone in it? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (the safe one) | ☐ | ||||
| (the scary one) | ☐ | ||||
| ☐ |
The rule that makes this real
- Talk to people working in the field, not studying it — at least two per field. A student describes the syllabus; a professional describes the life. Write down what surprised you (surprise is where the good information hides).
- One small hands-on project per finalist field — a weekend is enough to learn whether the work repels you. Reading about a field and doing a slice of it are different data.
Per-field deep dive (one doc each, later)
Each finalist field graduates to its own page: the real work, the paths in, the ceiling, the honest downsides.
The decision (the exam)
A decision doc: the choice, the reasons, and — crucially — what evidence would have changed it. Writing the disconfirming evidence down keeps the choice honest and lets future-you audit it.