The end of high school.

It was the end of high school. You had passed all your ministerial exams. You were set on becoming a geologist, but couldn't decide where to continue your post secondary education. Will you study at the Cégep de Thetford or UBC?

Choice 1 : Go to the Cégep de Thetford.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of British Columbia.

Go to the Cégep de Thetford.

You decide to stay in Quebec. You're skeptical about leaving your roots, and the thorough technical program here seems worthwhile. The students in your program are hosting a big initiation party after the start of the semester. You want to go but on the day of the event you learn that you have a test the next day. What should you do?

Choice 1 : Go to the initiation party.

Choice 2 : Stay home and study.

Go to the University of British Columbia.

You pack your bags for the west coast of British Columbia. The fulfillment of seeing the Rocky Mountains every day is a major benefit. You’re overwhelmed by the size of the university, but your time management skills from high school come in handy. You hope this test drive of a new city leads to a high-paying vacant position in exploration later.

Choice 1 : Apply for a summer internship in the Yukon.

Choice 2 : Get a part-time job.

Choice 3 : Apply for a scholarship.

Go to the initiation party.

You went to the initiation party and met a lot of new people and made many friends. You failed the test because you chose to go to the initiation party, and you weren't ready for it. You will have to work really hard if you want to pass and even so, you don't know if you can catch up from your error. Should you leave the program when there is still time or should you try to pass anyway?

Choice 1 : Drop out of college.

Choice 2 : Stay in the program.

Stay home and study.

You have passed all of your exams and graduated from college. You can choose to go to Université Laval for two years with the DEC-BAC program to become a geologist or work as a technician who earns a lower salary.

Choice 1 : Go to the Université Laval.

Choice 2 : Work as a technician in mineral technologies.

Drop out of college.

At the party, some friends forced you to try some hard drugs to which you are now strongly addicted. Your education is not recognized anywhere, and you are rejected everywhere you apply for a job. You are forced to go beg in the streets as a miserable hobo for the rest of your life.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the Cégep de Thetford.

Stay in the program.

After eight years in college struggling to pass your classes you finally graduated from college, but you have lost so much time in college having to pay for tuition that you are broke. You do not have the funds to go to university so end up working as a technician for a small fertilizer company named KSM Inc. and live a comfortable life.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the Cégep de Thetford.

Go to the Université Laval.

You are accepted at Université Laval. Your first two semesters go well, but you aren't finished yet, there is still a year of hard work to go. Your program offers an internship for the sharpest students or an option to start volunteering abroad in Brazil with the money from fundraisers. Do you focus on your straight A's to secure a top internship or leave to South America?

Choice 1 : Work hard to secure an internship.

Choice 2 : Volunteer in Brazil.

Work hard to secure an internship.

Your academic thoroughness pays off. By maintaining straight A's, you are hired as the lead intern for a major project. You spend your days learning the ropes of VMS deposits. However, a sudden theft of important core samples from the lab sends the organization into a panic. You use your knowledge to prove the samples were swapped with worthless rock before the company's assets are liquidated by comparing their petrology to other samples. You save the company's future and are rewarded for your expertise.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the Université Laval.

Volunteer in Brazil.

While volunteering at a mineral lab for Multotec in Brazil, you uncover a senior manager withholding the overtime pay of several employees. Reporting this misconduct to HR is maddening, but you refuse to let corruption stay ingrained in the organization. The scandal abolishes the old management, and you are eventually hired into a vacant position with a full pension. You live happily in Brazil and become friends with the family of a certain Luiz Lima.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the Université Laval.

Work as a technician in mineral technologies.

You get hired in Abitibi by a gold exploration company called Gold Fields. You're sent into the field to prospect and explore the claims of the company by sampling outcrops. Do you choose to go prospecting the north or the south of the property?

Choice 1 : Explore the North of the property.

Choice 2 : Explore the South of the property.

Explore the North of the property.

You peel back a layer of moss to reveal a spectacular vein of quartz and visible gold. It’s the mother lode you’ve dreamed of. You stare at the gold, realizing this internship is your foot in the door. However, you look at your GPS and realize this discovery sits exactly on the border of a protected environmental zone, a major drawback. Do you report the exact coordinates and risk the project being shut down, making this a dead-end job, or move the data 100 meters to the east to save the discovery?

Choice 1 : Lie about the coordinates of the find.

Choice 2 : Stay honest about the coordinates.

Explore the South of the property.

As you hammer at the rock, a large slab doesn't just chip, it slides away perfectly, revealing a smooth, hexagonal tunnel that definitely wasn't made by nature. This isn't an ore body, it's something else entirely. Will you step into the dark to see where it leads, or run back to the truck to call your boss?

Choice 1 : Go in the ancient volt.

Choice 2 : Run back to the truck.

Lie about the coordinates of the find.

You decide to pull it off. You set aside your guilt and log the false coordinates. Your thorough but faked report is a hit, the company hires you full-time with a premium wage and generous vacations. Years later, you’ve settled your mortgage and are close to retiring. You’ve achieved financial fulfillment, but you realize that more often than not, a high salary comes at the cost of your original purpose.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Work as a technician in mineral technologies.

Stay honest about the coordinates.

You refuse to withhold the truth. Predictably, the internal organization begins to push you out. Your supervisor labels you as unreliable, ensuring you never get a pension or a vacant position there. You take a leave of absence to clear your head. You quit your job and eventually find a role in a small business that values honesty where you sort core samples. Though you lack the massive compensation package of the corporation, the accomplishment of staying clean makes the hard work worthwhile.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Work as a technician in mineral technologies.

Go in the ancient volt.

You turn on your phone's flashlight as you walk through the hexagonal tunnel. You were expecting a cursory inspection of rock layers, but this is an in-depth archaeological treasure. Your OJT definitely didn't cover alien architecture. You feel a sense of alienation from the world above. As a trainee, you should be doing the legwork for the senior geologists, but this discovery is unbelievable. You find a button that seems to control some mechanism. It seems like the place has been waiting for a human to activate its core. You press the button and the tunnel seals itself forever, no one comes to rescue you.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Work as a technician in mineral technologies.

Run back to the truck.

Once you've made it back to the truck, you're exhausted. You call your supervisor and tell him what you've seen. He tells you that it's probably an old mine shaft from the mines that were exploited back in the day. Life goes on as usual, and you forget anything ever happened. You continue this stable job as an exploration technician and live a happy life.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Work as a technician in mineral technologies.

Apply for a summer internship in the Yukon.

You pulled it off, you got the Yukon internship. The premium wage is great, but the conditions are overwhelming. During a routine survey, a massive storm hits, and your helicopter crashes in a very remote area. You are the only survivor after the landing and are forced to live in the wild stranded from civilization for the rest of your life.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of British Columbia.

Get a part-time job.

Working a vacant position at a ski and board shop tests your time management, but the wage is necessary. When you deter a perpetrator attempting a theft of field equipment, you realize you've pulled off a major save for the store. You use the money you set aside to finish your bachelor's degree in geology with straight A's. Your accomplishment leads to a high-paying salary in mineral exploration for Eagle Plains Resources Ltd., securing your future retirement.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of British Columbia.

Apply for a scholarship.

Congratulations, your hard work is rewarded, you won a $10,000 scholarship! The previous workload outside of school overwhelmed you, but you don't have to worry about paying your tuition anymore. You can simply focus on your schoolwork now because you put aside your old job. You graduate and get a bachelor's degree in geology. The demand for geologists is at its peak, where will you apply for work?

Choice 1 : Work for a lithium mine.

Choice 2 : Work for a petroleum company.

Work for a lithium mine.

The global demand for lithium has skyrocketed as electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems become increasingly essential, backed by government subsidies and green initiatives. Taking advantage on this boom, you have built a distinguished career with the start of the energy transition, contributing to the sustainable sourcing of lithium while enjoying a prosperous and fulfilling life.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of British Columbia.

Work for a petroleum company.

As the global energy shifts, gasoline consumption steadily declines, causing demand to plummet. Internal combustion engine vehicles have lost their popularity, and increasingly strict environmental regulations have transformed the industry. Due to these changes resulting in the downsizing of the company, your position has been eliminated, and you have been laid off from the company.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of British Columbia.