What do you do when two sources contradict each other? Go with the most recent one, or the one with the biggest sample?
I check the date and the method first, then I write it into my deliverable: “I’m going with X because…”. It shows your reasoning.
Monday, 8:30 a.m. Your first file is waiting.
VYRNA is a work simulation platform that puts you on mandates drawn from real work. Colleagues email you, documents pile up, deadlines are real, and you decide when your deliverable is ready.
The real world of work, without the risk of losing your job.
BRUME is a company invented to illustrate this site. In VYRNA, every mandate has its own fictional company, documents and colleagues.
What makes VYRNA different
Each company has a past, people, wins and mistakes. Its mandates unfold over time, like a real career: what gets decided in one mandate becomes the starting point for the next.
The park-side patio becomes BRUME’s most profitable spot.
The patio’s regulars become the starting point for a new offer.
A first location outside Montréal, built on everything BRUME has learned.
Each company operates in a real sector, with its customers, competitors, seasonality and constraints.
Studies, sales figures, plans, internal memos: the company’s whole file, from day one.
Some information only comes out when you ask the right person the right question.
With the best intentions, someone may pass you outdated information. It’s up to you to check your sources and cross-reference what you learn.
You return to a company you already know, with more responsibility: from coordinator to specialist, then director.
A late supplier, a revised budget: just like at work, they land in a plain message. You adapt.
The real world of work. Without the risk of losing your job for lack of experience.
Why VYRNAA role, a company, a goal, and deliverables that unlock one at a time.
The data room, the onboarding guide, and your colleagues: some know more than what’s written down.
Each according to their priorities. You defend your choice or write a new version. You decide when it’s final.
You see what the company decided, why, and what a good question would have unlocked.
Portfolio
Every completed mandate becomes proof: the skills your decisions demonstrated, your reflections and your end-of-mandate badge. Share it with your network or with a recruiter.
Community
On the Feed, you talk with real members: students, graduates, professionals and industry experts. You ask for a method, never for the answer.
Just like at work, nothing internal leaves a mandate: no company details, no figures, no documents.
Challenges
A fresh topic, a time limit, a single submission. It’s the only place on VYRNA where your work is evaluated, with detailed feedback on what you submitted.
Whether you’re just starting out, switching paths or twenty years into your career, there’s a place for you on VYRNA.
You know the concepts. On VYRNA, you apply all of them in a real work environment and build the confidence a first job demands.
“Tell me about a tough decision.” This time, you have an answer.For graduates
In college or university, put your courses to work in a company that reacts to your choices, before your first internship.
Learn moreYou’re moving into a new field and want to show you can do the work, not just that you took a course.
Learn moreYou want to prepare for a situation you haven’t faced yet: a launch, a crisis, a new market.
Learn moreShare what you know: answer feedback requests, post your tips and help the next generation sharpen their thinking.
Learn moreMandates built for your courses, reserved for your students.
Custom mandates to train your teams or see candidates in action.
The first 100 people to sign up for the beta reserve a founding spot. It becomes final when you complete your first mandate.
VYRNA is an app where you take on realistic professional mandates inside fictional companies. Colleagues email you, documents are waiting, deadlines are set, and you produce real deliverables. At the end, you compare your decisions with the company’s and keep proof of your work in your portfolio.
No. The colleagues in a mandate are fictional characters with a role, a personality and a memory, powered by AI. They answer according to their priorities and may know more than what’s written down. The community, on the other hand, is made of real members.
Yes, during the beta. A premium plan will follow, and founding members will get a founding rate.
Each mandate shows its own estimated time, based on its scope. It’s a guide, not a limit: you work at your own pace within a 30-day window.
No. A mandate has no grade and no score. At the end, you compare your decisions with the company’s and see why it decided the way it did. Only challenges are evaluated.
Yes. VYRNA builds custom mandates for colleges and universities, reserved for their students.
Save your spot in the founding cohort. It’s free during the beta, and your first file is waiting.