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STEM fields guide for kids — Abilene, TX

STEM fields guide by personality and purpose — for kids

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What the assessment measures

280 items in five modules — what you love to do, how you work, fifteen STEM working traits, thirty real situations, and where you want your work to land — matched against forty careers in eight families. Then a sixth module drafts your mission, vision and values in your own words. Progress saves as you go; it is free and complete today.

STEM fields guide for kids. A guide grounded in measurement instead of opinion: forty careers with the traits each runs on, what the work is worth to the world, the education path, and a way to find out which are yours. Eight STEM fields, eight trait signatures. The assessment scores you on all fifteen traits and shows which fields are already yours before you commit to a major or a program. Children show working traits early — the one who takes the appliance apart, the one who keeps a log of the plants. Parents can take the interest module with them.

Careers the Abilene, TX economy leans on

5 counties across Texas; 3 metro. Economies: 2 mining and energy, 1 government and 1 farming. Flags: 2 low post-secondary education, 2 population loss and 1 low employment.

Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Software Developer+15%Computer Network Architect+12%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Statistician+8%Mathematician+8%Web Developer+7%Mathematics Professor+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Computer Programmer-6%Industrial Engineer+11%Mechanical Engineer+9%Electrical Engineer+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Civil Engineer+5%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Engineer+4%Environmental Scientist+4%Chemical Engineer+3%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Medical Scientist+9%Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%

Counties in this labor market

Callahan County, TXJones County, TXShackelford County, TXStonewall County, TXTaylor County, TX

Metros around Abilene, TX

Dallas, TX12 countiesFort Worth, TX7 countiesHouston, TX13 countiesSan Antonio, TX14 countiesAustin, TX10 countiesMcAllen, TX9 countiesEl Paso, TX–NM5 countiesKilleen, TX8 countiesBrownsville, TX2 countiesLubbock, TX9 countiesLongview, TX6 countiesCollege Station–Bryan, TX5 counties

All forty careers in Abilene, TX → · STEM fields guide for kids everywhere →

Questions people ask

How is a "stem fields guide for kids" different from a personality type test?

A type test gives you a label. STEM Compass gives you a profile on fifteen working traits and eight kinds of impact, then a directional match against each career — a number you can explain, not a letter code.

Does it cost anything?

No. The full assessment is open at tienesesto.org/stem-assessment, and every result links to a STEM Farm track that starts from zero.

Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.