Including the uncomfortable ones. If we don't have a perfect answer yet, we'll tell you that too — because a career tool that over-promises is exactly the kind you shouldn't trust.
No. Khoj is not a prediction engine. We don't forecast which careers will be lucrative in five years, and we're suspicious of anyone who claims they can.
Khoj is a navigation platform. It starts from what you're curious about and shows you real careers that fit — along with the honest path to get there: what to study, what it costs, how long it takes, what it pays. We help you find work you'll love and can excel at, not chase whatever an algorithm guesses will pay best.
Think of it as a curiosity expander, never a life planner.
Fair question — and here's the honest difference. ChatGPT does everything, which means it's accurate about nothing in particular. Ask it what it takes to become a sonographer and it'll give you a confident guess, sometimes with numbers that are wrong for where you live.
Khoj does one thing. It can't tell you the weather or the news. It only answers "what career fits my curiosity, and how do I actually get there" — and the data behind it is hand-built from official sources and dated, not generated on the fly.
ChatGPT gives you an answer. Khoj gives you a verified one.
Right now, we do — by hand, from primary sources. That means official labor statistics (the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), state licensing boards, official exam bodies, and published program requirements. Every roadmap carries a "last verified" date so you know how fresh it is.
We're honest about what "verified" means at this stage: it means traced to an official source and dated — not that a panel of counselors reviewed each one. As we grow, we're building direct relationships with professionals and institutions to keep the data live. We'll tell you exactly which is which — we won't imply we have something we don't.
No. We do not sell your teen's data. Full stop. Not to colleges, not to coding bootcamps, not to recruiters, not to advertisers, not to data brokers.
We know the fear here — a lot of "free" teen apps are quietly data businesses wearing a helpful costume. Khoj isn't built that way, and we'd rather say it plainly before anyone has to ask.
No. There are no paid placements and no sponsored rankings on Khoj — ever. When an institution provides us data, that's a data relationship, not a placement one. Nobody can pay to appear higher, look better, or steer your teen toward them.
This is a deliberate, permanent line. The entire value of Khoj is that you can trust what it shows you. The day we take money to feature a school is the day we become the thing we built this to replace.
Honest answer: Khoj is a map, not a guarantee, and you should always confirm the details directly with the school or licensing body before committing. We show you the path; the actual costs, deadlines, and requirements should be verified with the institution itself, because those can change and vary by your exact situation.
We label estimates as estimates, we date our data, and we never present a speculative number as a hard fact. What we won't do is pretend an app can carry the risk of a real-life decision — that's why we keep you pointed back to the primary source for anything you're about to spend money or years on.
The parent view is read-only, and it shows saved careers — not every click. You can see the paths your teen is seriously exploring. You do not get a spam feed of everything they tap, and there are no automated "progress reports" that turn a teenager's normal, shifting curiosity into an awkward conversation.
The goal is for a parent to be present without hovering — informed enough to help, not so much that your teen feels watched and deletes the app.
Yes. You'll be able to see, and permanently delete, your teen's account and data. We're building Khoj to comply with minor-privacy rules, and "delete" will mean actually gone — not hidden from view while quietly retained.
We're an early-stage product being honest about that: as we grow, our privacy documentation will get more detailed and formal. But the principle — you own your teen's data and can remove it — is fixed from day one.
The core map is free. You can search any career and see the full roadmap — education, cost, timeline, salary — without paying. The paid plan (planned at around $9–12/month) is the guided 90-day exploration that helps your teen actually test a path, not just read about it.
No trap. Cancellation will be simple — not buried behind customer-service hoops — and your data stays yours if you leave.
No. Your parent sees the careers you save — the ones you're actually into — not every single thing you tap while you're just poking around. No creepy "your kid looked at this for 4 seconds" reports. Explore freely.
Yeah. That's literally how it works. Type "editing videos" or "fixing bikes" or "I like figuring out why people do things" — in your own words — and it shows you real careers, no personality-quiz homework, no 20-minute survey, no talking to you like you're twelve.
Real paths. Khoj is full of options that aren't a four-year degree — apprenticeships (some pay you to learn), certifications, portfolio careers, trades that hit six figures, self-taught tech routes, and yes, careers you can start building right now with a phone. College is one path we show, not the only one.
This is exactly where we're headed. Numbers and roadmaps are the start — but we're building toward showing you what the day-to-day actually looks like, from real people in the field, not a smiling stock photo. Being honest: that layer is still growing. It's a core part of the vision, not something we're pretending is finished.
Changing your mind is the whole point — your interests at 15 or 16 should shift, and Khoj is built to roll with that, not lock you into some rigid ten-year plan. Deciding a path is "not for me" is a win, not a failure. And no, exploring more doesn't cost extra.
You start with what you're curious about — either by picking from plain-language interests or typing your own. Khoj works backwards from that curiosity to real careers, including ones you may never have heard named. Then for any career, it shows the actual roadmap: schooling, exams, licenses, cost, timeline, salary.
The key idea: you can't search for a job title you've never heard of. So Khoj doesn't make you. It starts from what you like, not from a word you have to already know.
No, and it's not trying to. Khoj is a research assistant that surfaces options and maps them out — the part software is genuinely good at. The human parts (emotional support, nuance, knowing you specifically, the messy judgment calls) still need real people: counselors, mentors, and parents. Khoj gives everyone better information to work with; it doesn't replace the humans.
No — and any tool claiming it can is lying to you. Khoj can map requirements, costs, and typical outcomes. It cannot measure your grit, your social skills, your local opportunities, or your luck — and those often matter more than anything on paper.
So Khoj shows you the path and the honest trade-offs, including the failure modes and the competition. Whether you walk it is up to you, the people around you, and a fair amount of real life. We'd rather tell you that than sell you a fantasy.
You shouldn't — not as the decision-maker. That's the honest truth, and it's baked into how we built this. Khoj should be a useful input: accurate information, exposure to careers you didn't know existed, and a realistic sense of the path. The actual decision should always involve you and the real humans who know you.
An app that positioned itself as the architect of a teenager's life would be one to distrust. Khoj is a map. You're the one walking.
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