Try a career before you have to pick one.
Try a day in the life, build a real project, and figure out what you'd be happy doing.
Made for high school and college students choosing a major or a first job. Free.
Create
make video, music, and visual art
PhotographerTake the one photo everyone remembers.Try a day · 5 min
FilmmakerDirect a film. One person can make the whole thing now.Try a day · 5 min
Illustrator/AnimatorMake characters people remember. That part is all you.Try a day · 5 min
Music ProducerTake a rough song and turn it into the finished track.Try a day · 5 min
Build & Code
make working software and tools
AI Application BuilderTurn a prompt into a product people can use.Try a day · 5 min
Cybersecurity AnalystFind the real attack hiding in a thousand false alarms.Try a day · 5 min
DesignerDesign the apps and products people use every day.Try a day · 5 min
EngineerDecide how a real thing gets made, then test it until it breaks.Try a day · 5 min
Game DeveloperMake games instead of just playing them.Try a day · 5 min
Product ManagerBe the one who decides what gets built.Try a day · 5 min
Software EngineerBuild the apps and sites everyone else just uses.Try a day · 5 min
Write & Report
write, investigate, and tell stories
Start & Grow
launch and grow a business or audience
Investigate & Solve
analyze data and solve hard problems
AccountantFind the number that is wrong, then tell somebody what it really says.Try a day · 5 min
Data AnalystFind the story hiding in a pile of numbers.Try a day · 5 min
Investment BankerFigure out what a whole company is worth, for a billion-dollar deal.Try a day · 5 min
LawyerFind the one detail that wins the whole case.Try a day · 5 min
Management ConsultantWalk into a company, work out what is going wrong, say what to do.Try a day · 5 min
MechanicTest a car until you find what is wrong, then fix it.Try a day · 5 min
PhysicianFigure out what’s wrong with someone, then fix it.Try a day · 5 min
Registered NurseNotice first when a patient changes, and tell the doctor.Try a day · 5 min
For high school and college students
Not sure what to major in, or what job to aim for? Spend 5 to 10 minutes inside a real day of the work, make the calls the job asks for, and see how you did.
It fits anyone applying to college, in their first year, or still undecided.
For parents
Your teen or college student has to pick a major or a career before they have ever tried the work, and that is where regret comes from. Sidequest gives them a real piece of that work first, so a few hours in they know how it actually feels.
They pick the project and make every call inside it, so you never have to steer. You get to see what they build when nobody is making them do it.
It is free, and if they want you in the loop you get a short weekly note on what they are building.
Learn how parents fit in →