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1. If your family or friends had to describe you, they would say you’re…

2. When it’s time to sign up for a new club or job at school, you’re likely to choose…

3. It’s summer break — finally! How would you most like to spend your time off?

4. If you could design a new app, what would it be?

5. What are your best skills?

6. What would a successful career be like for you?

7. Which of these technological advancements is the best?

8. You make the best grades in which subject?

Just because you’re a creative, perhaps even an artist, doesn’t mean you can’t find meaning (and lucrative) work in technology. The industry needs creative professionals to fuel progress.

► Consider jobs like graphic designer, digital marketer, animator, web designer, digital designer, UX designer, front-end web developer or social media manager.

You’re clearly a fan of things like video games, mobile apps, virtual reality (VR) and esports. Luckily, there are thousands of exciting jobs for enthusiasts like you in the tech field.

► Consider jobs like certified coder, video game designer, software developer, audio engineer, computer programmer, vlogger, mobile app developer, AR/VR graphics engineer or autonomous vehicle engineer.

Have an interest in technology and medicine? Technological advancements are changing the way doctors practice medicine every day — think vaccine development, inventing medical devices and finding cures and treatments for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.

► Consider jobs like biomedical engineer, laboratory technician, medical technologist, chemical engineer, telemedicine software developer, nano medicine researcher or radiology technician.

You’ve always seemed to just get numbers; you may even be a math whizz — or you’re simply a business savvy student with an eye on the corporate world.

► Consider jobs like data scientist or analyst, blockchain developer, quantitative analyst, sales engineer, network/systems administrator or IT manager.

That healthy curiosity you’ve always had for what makes things tick, how things are made and solving problems is about to pay off. Just about EVERY industry needs technology that fixes, improves and, now more than ever, protects their businesses.

► Consider jobs like cybersecurity analyst, forensic scientist, reverse engineer, software test engineer, aeronautical engineers, aircraft inspector or forensic engineer.