Built by an educator who has watched this problem for 11 years

In my first year of teaching, I had a student in my engineering class who was clearly miserable. Smart, hardworking, showed up every day — but completely lost. One afternoon he told me: "Sir, I took engineering because my uncle is a successful engineer. I thought it would work for me too."

That was my first year. Over the next decade, I had variations of that same conversation hundreds of times. Different students, different relatives, different fields — but the same root cause. A career chosen based on someone else's success, with no consideration of the student's own strengths.

The saddest part is that these students are not lazy or unintelligent. They are simply never given a structured way to understand themselves before making one of the most consequential decisions of their life.

Career counsellors exist — but a good one costs ₹2,000 to ₹10,000 per session, and most families in Maharashtra don't have that. School counsellors are overwhelmed, with 500 students per counsellor in most government schools. And free online quizzes give generic, feel-good results that don't actually help anyone decide anything.

I wanted to build something that a student in a small town in Maharashtra could access on a ₹5,000 phone, complete in 10 minutes, and come away with a genuinely useful picture of who they are and what paths suit them. Something that a parent could read and understand without a psychology degree. Something honest enough to also tell you what paths may not be right for you.

CareerForMe.in is that thing. It is not perfect — no assessment is. But it is built by someone who has spent 11 years watching what happens when students make uninformed choices, and who has tried very hard to build something that reduces that pain.

If you are a student reading this — I hope this assessment gives you language to talk about yourself that you didn't have before. Not just "I like science" or "I'm good at maths" — but a real picture of how you think, what energises you, and what kinds of problems you are naturally drawn to solve.

If you are a parent — I hope this report gives you something concrete to discuss with your child instead of assumptions. The "Note for Parents" in every report is written directly for you. Please read it before making any decisions.

I built this because I believe that the right career, chosen at the right time with the right information, changes not just a person's professional life — but their entire relationship with work, learning, and who they become. That is worth 10 minutes and ₹199.

— Yogesh Kumbhar
Assistant Professor · Engineering · Maharashtra · 11 years