We just launched Edutrial – a gamified career exploration platform to help students choose smarter

Hi Indie Hackers 👋

After months of testing with high school students and educators, we just launched Edutrial – a gamified career trial platform that helps young people make better decisions before committing to a major or career path.

🎯 The Problem

Many students (especially in Asia, where we're based) choose college majors blindly – influenced by family, grades, or random trends. They don’t really know what it's like to be a data analyst, a graphic designer, or a nurse — until it's too late.

This leads to years of regret, costly career pivots, or even dropout.

💡 Our Solution: Edutrial

We built Edutrial as a "try-before-you-choose" platform.

Students can:

• Experience real-world tasks from different careers (e.g., marketing, programming, UX, etc.)

• Reflect on what they enjoyed or struggled with

• Receive personalized recommendations based on their performance and preferences

It’s like a career sandbox, in your browser.

🛠️ Built With:

• No-code + low-code + custom backend

• Real content co-created with young professionals and mentors

• Gamified design to keep students engaged

🚀 Why We Built It

We’re a team of educators and young founders from Vietnam 🇻🇳 who saw too many talented friends burn out because of the “wrong-fit” career path.
Edutrial is our answer to make career discovery more playful, practical, and personal.

🙌 What We’re Looking For:

• Feedback from you! (UX, onboarding, clarity)

• Partners in EdTech or career coaching

• Support when we launch on Product Hunt next week 😉

👉 Try it here: http://edutrial.io.vn/

Let me know what you think – we’re all ears.
Thanks for reading, and wishing you clarity on your own journey too!

—
Editorial team