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Golden State Summer Career Discovery

Join your friends to level up your skills and learn about different career opportunities that are focused on your interests

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Designed with every student in mind

Our programs are for all students as well as underserved communities, low socioeconomic status, at-risk and homeless students who are in special education programs.

Define what success means to you. We present the challenges, and you come up with the answers. Our team is here to support you as you learn and practice new skills

Learn about the world through active career discovery. While not everyone will be interested in everything, everyone will find something they are interested in.

What You Can Expect

  • Learning that draws from your personal interests

    Whether it's videogames, music, or specific brands, we look behind the curtain to explore what makes them go viral

  • Insight into the career pathways available to you

    How are you supposed to know what you want to be when you grow up if you don't try it first? We make that easy

  • Challenges that make you think creatively

    There isn't always just one answer. Come up with a solution that makes sense to you as you navigate each interactive activity

Itinerary

Music Production
  • Start with an introduction to Music Production and learning the origins of great music. Then through activities, learn how to begin building simple beats

  • Explore Ableton software as you learn how Drums, Bass, Chords, and Melodies build off one another to create a musical experience

  • Show off your work! Listen without judgement to the music everyone created throughout the program

Esports
  • Learn about the many different career opportunities in the exciting field of Esports. Dive deep into all the roles that come together to put on massive Esports events

  • Create your own team with friends and learn about what goes into the mentality of a professional gamer. You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great!

  • This curriculum wraps up with an event to showcase your skills. Prepare to take part in a Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament to compete for glory!

Business Startup
  • Come together with your fellow students to develop your own startup business and first product idea! After learning how to identify your customer and validate their problems it's onto the fun part, creating a solution!

  • This real-life simulation will teach you the realities of working in the business world and the challenges you would face everyday.

  • Through the given industry framework students will build out the product design, marketing pieces, pricing, and overall their team “pitch” to investors seeking to support their company's big new launch!


Game Design
  • Start your journey in games by discovering all of the different roles that come together to create a game project and find out which role speaks to you the most.

  • Learn how to scope out a game and decide what it will look like, how it works, and who will want to play it. Work as a team to come up with the foundation, story and main characters for your game!

  • Prepare and give your final game presentation with your team and show off your hard work to your friends and parents who are joining us for our final ceremony celebration!

Program Information

DatesTimeTypeDetails
June 20th - June 30th8:00am - 1:00pm PSTMusic Production + Esports
July 10th - July 21st8:00am - 1:00pm PSTBusiness Startup + Game Design
June 20th - June 30th

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm PST

Type: Music Production + Esports

July 10th - July 21st

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm PST

Type: Business Startup + Game Design

Free for all Students