The 20 Minute Career
Know the Career Before You Start
Learn what careers are really like from people in them.
The 20 Minute Career helps high school and university students explore different careers through honest conversations with the people doing the job.
In under 20 minutes, you'll discover what they do, how they got there, what they enjoy, what challenges them, and the advice they wish they'd been given before they started.
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Whether you're curious about technology, healthcare, engineering, marketing, finance, law, a trade or any other profession, you'll hear directly from the people living those careers every day.
EPISODE 27 - Coming up
Environmental Scientist to Sustainability Founder: Why Simon Lunn Quit the 9-5
Guest — Simon Lunn
What if you recognise early on that the 9-5 isn’t for you? After five years in corporate consulting, Simon quit and flew to Sweden with no plan. What came next changed his life and led to some of his best work. Working remotely, he found he thrived in short, focused bursts of data work, and that’s where he noticed how loosely construction waste was being recorded. He built an app to fix it, then added AI that reads a photo of a skip bin. That became Traste. Not everyone is built for an office, and that’s not a character flaw. It’s reality.
EPISODE 26
Guest — Brooke Duffy
She gets paid to play. But every game Brooke Duffy plays with her clients is quietly teaching a child to hold a pencil, open a snack packet or get through a morning routine. Brooke knew at sixteen that occupational therapy was for her. Now she’s sharing what the job really involves: the energy it takes, the mental load that follows her home, and the mistake that taught her the most. If you’ve ever wondered what an OT really does, start here.
Every Career Has a Story
Every conversation follows our 4P Career Framework a simple way to explore what a career is really like, beyond the job title.
01
PATH
How did they get there?
Subjects
Degrees
Pivots
First breaks
Door openers
Internships
Strengths
02
PRESSURE
What challenges come with the job?
Pace
Hours
Stress
Stakeholders
Performance
03
PRICE
What does this career demand?
Time
Cost
Lifestyle
Effort
Emotional load
04
PAYOFF
Why do they love what they do?
Skills
Impact
Money
Growth
Meaning
Status