Compass
The guide
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Kinds of work
Areas of work a field opens — not one prescribed job. Each one lists the actual titles people hold inside it and how you get there.
33 areas across 8 fields. Open any one for the actual job titles inside it and the path in.
Showing: Every field
Engineering
- Machines & manufacturingDesigning physical things that move — and the factories that make them.5 jobs inside
- Building & infrastructureMaking sure buildings, bridges, roads and water systems are safe and stand up.5 jobs inside
- Electronics, energy & hardwareThe circuits, chips and power systems behind devices and the grid.5 jobs inside
- Aerospace & spaceDesigning and testing aircraft, rockets, satellites and spacecraft.5 jobs inside
Computer Science
- Building software & productsMaking the apps, websites and systems people use every day.6 jobs inside
- Data & AIFinding patterns in data and building the models behind predictions and AI.5 jobs inside
- Security & systemsDefending systems from attacks — and breaking into them legally to find the holes first.5 jobs inside
- Games & interactiveBuilding games and interactive worlds — the code, the systems, the feel.5 jobs inside
Business & Economics
- Starting & running a businessBuilding a company and keeping it running — the product, the money, the team.5 jobs inside
- Money & marketsDeciding where money should go, and keeping the numbers honest.6 jobs inside
- Strategy & consultingHelping organisations solve hard problems and make big decisions.4 jobs inside
- Marketing & growthGetting people to find, understand and choose a product.5 jobs inside
- Economics & policyStudying how money, markets and policy shape a country, and advising on them.4 jobs inside
Natural Sciences
- Research & discoveryRunning experiments to find out how the world works — physics, chemistry, biology.5 jobs inside
- Environment & climateStudying ecosystems, the climate and the earth — to understand and protect them.5 jobs inside
- Space & the universeStudying matter, energy and everything beyond the atmosphere — from particles to galaxies.5 jobs inside
- Applied science & industryTurning science into real products — medicines, materials, food, evidence.6 jobs inside
Humanities & Social Sciences
- People & the mindUnderstanding why people think and behave as they do — and helping them.5 jobs inside
- Words & mediaInvestigating and telling the stories that inform people.6 jobs inside
- Politics, policy & the worldShaping public policy and how countries and organisations deal with each other.5 jobs inside
- Teaching & researchResearching a field of ideas or the past — and passing it on.5 jobs inside
Medicine & Health
- Treating patientsDiagnosing, treating and caring for people directly — the front line of medicine.8 jobs inside
- Health of whole populationsStopping disease before it spreads — vaccines, prevention, policy.5 jobs inside
- Research & new treatmentsStudying diseases in the lab and developing the treatments that reach patients.5 jobs inside
- Health technology & dataBuilding the machines, software and data work modern medicine runs on.5 jobs inside
Law
- Practising lawAdvising clients and arguing their case — in business, in crime, in daily disputes.5 jobs inside
- Rights & advocacyUsing the law to change rules and defend people who can't defend themselves.5 jobs inside
- Business, tech & IP lawThe law behind companies, inventions and data — contracts, patents, privacy.5 jobs inside
- Courts & public serviceRunning the justice system itself — deciding cases, drafting the rules, settling disputes.5 jobs inside
Arts & Design
- Digital & product designDesigning how products look and how people actually use them — apps, brands, interfaces.5 jobs inside
- Space & the built environmentDesigning the places people live in — where art meets engineering.5 jobs inside
- Film, animation & soundTelling stories with moving images and sound — directing, editing, animating.5 jobs inside
- Making objects & craftDesigning and making the physical things people use, wear and look at.5 jobs inside