PathIQ · Education and career direction
Find your next education or career direction without starting from scratch.
PathIQ helps students, career switchers, and people in transition turn interests, constraints, goals, and uncertainty into a clearer Path Map.
Free. No perfect plan required.
Your Path Map · preview
Where I am → where I'd like to go
Interests
Design, working with people, systems that scale
Constraints
2 years, part-time study, stay in current city
Possible paths
UX research · Program design · Learning ops
Next steps
1 course · 1 informational chat · 1 small project
What you get
One clear map, not a career test result.
Your Path Map holds what you're interested in, what's actually possible for you right now, a short set of paths worth exploring, and the smallest useful next step for each.
How it works
Three steps, not thirty.
- 1
Share where you are
A short intake captures interests, constraints, goals, and what you already know about yourself.
- 2
Map options and constraints
PathIQ shapes a small set of realistic directions, not a ranked list of jobs.
- 3
Choose practical next steps
Pick one or two small experiments per path. Come back and adjust as things change.
Who it helps
Built for people choosing a next move.
Students
Decide what to study, what to try first, and how to stay open without feeling lost.
Career switchers
Turn a vague pull toward something new into a handful of paths worth testing.
People in transition
Returning to work, restarting after a break, or comparing possible next moves.
Comparing options
Hold two or three possible directions side-by-side and see what each one really asks.
IQ Family
Part of the IQ family.
PathIQ can stand alone, and it can also connect with related IQ products when education, career, founder, nonprofit, team, or organizational context would help.
The IQ family hub.
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A short intake, a clear map, and a few small next steps. Free.
Curious how the longer arc fits together? Read how a career roadmap comes together in stages.