knowledge of your GNS score, the 5 characteristics are approximately equally good predictors of job satisfaction (mean r=0.4). Task identity is a little bit weaker than the others. I only came across the result that if you have a high GNS, then you should weight mental challenge overall more highly. I guess the study would have been done with a combined 'mental challenge' score consisting of all 5 characteristics. I didn't come across studies showing the impact of knowledge about GNS on the predictive power of the individual characteristics. It could easily be out there though. The 80,000 Hours blog is a place where members of the effective altruist community collaborate to create and share important ideas. It doesn't present the official position of 80,000 Hours as an organisation. We can give you information about your career options that we hope is useful. But, at the end of the day, how you choose to use this information is up to you. We can't take responsibility for the outcomes of your choices. Our advisors are not professionally qualified career counsellors or advisors. We recommend you use our advice alongside someone professionally qualified. 80,000 Hours is part of the Centre for Effective Altruism, a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales, number 7962181.