> education systems are somewhat bad proxies for the type of work you want to do
Is that because that doing the actual relevant work is the way to find out? If so, maybe making the app more like a game where it tries to simulate things like that
> higher level features
Yeah, thats kind of along the lines I was thinking. Not specific roles but types of thought process, and now that you mention it, types of impact
The whole idea is about uncovering what unique gems a teenager (or adult even) has, rather conforming them to a predetermined framework
Yeah true. I don't know the scene in the schools but I have read a lot about how math education is pretty dismal, at least in the USA, depending on the teacher
Maybe theres a way for an app to help someone who does have a math aptitude to realize that they do and that math is fun and not a bunch of rote memorization of formulas
And repeat for like.... a bunch of other types of thought
But you're right, it is pretty broad, so maybe best to start with a specific field
There are apps like Brilliant that focus on math, so maybe that fills that niche, or maybe theres something that else could be added to it in terms of helping someone explore the raw thought processes involved
> When you're young you don't know what you're good at or what different kinds of work are like. Some kinds of work you end up doing may not even exist yet. So while some people know what they want to do at 14, most have to figure it out.
That just gave me an idea for a phone app: Something that helps teenagers explore their interests and aptitudes (but not skills of course)
Is that because that doing the actual relevant work is the way to find out? If so, maybe making the app more like a game where it tries to simulate things like that
> higher level features
Yeah, thats kind of along the lines I was thinking. Not specific roles but types of thought process, and now that you mention it, types of impact
The whole idea is about uncovering what unique gems a teenager (or adult even) has, rather conforming them to a predetermined framework