Careers library

Who does this for a job?

Every Syqei mission ends with the real careers that use what students just did. This library grows with each mission. Only some of these jobs are mostly code.

From SQ-001. The Illusion Engine

Four careers behind one moth.

A moth that fools computers sits where biology, physics, art and code meet. So do these jobs.

C-001.1

Computer vision engineer

CodeMaths

Builds the systems that let phones, cars and drones understand images.

Where they work: Tech companies, robotics, self-driving cars, hospitals.
In Mission 001: You raced a detector built the way these engineers build theirs.
School subjects that help: Digital Technologies
Maths
Physics
One way to get there: Computer Science, Software Engineering or Data Science

C-001.2

Behavioural ecologist

ScienceFieldwork

Studies how animals survive, hide and fool predators. Dr Jennifer Kelley does this at UWA.

Where they work: Universities, museums, conservation groups, government.
In Mission 001: You hunted for camouflaged moths, the same question this research asks.
School subjects that help: Biology
Science
Maths
One way to get there: Science, majoring in Zoology, Ecology or Biology

C-001.3

Biophotonics researcher

ScienceLab

Works out how living things make colour and light. Dr Annie Jessop does this at the University of Salzburg.

Where they work: Universities, materials and sensor companies.
In Mission 001: You spun the wing and saw how light and shadow fake a shape.
School subjects that help: Physics
Chemistry
Biology
One way to get there: Science, majoring in Physics, Chemistry or Biology

C-001.4

Technical artist

ArtCode

Uses light, shadow and code to make flat screens look 3D.

Where they work: Games, film and visual effects studios.
In Mission 001: You designed an illusion that fooled a depth estimator.
School subjects that help: Visual Art
Digital Technologies
Maths
One way to get there: Games Design, Computer Graphics, or Art with coding

Study paths are examples, not the only way in. Plenty of people arrive at these jobs from somewhere else entirely.

Meet two of them

Dr Jennifer Kelley studies animal camouflage. Dr Annie Jessop studies how living things make colour and light. Their research on Eudocima salaminia is the start of Mission 001, and students meet them in the mission.

Read about the research

Dr Jennifer Kelley and Dr Annie Jessop in the lab with moth specimens. — In the lab.

More careers arrive with each mission.

When the next missions are pinned, their careers are added here.

SQ-002 Teach the detector. In preparation.

SQ-003 Vision in the field. In preparation.

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