The Career Lab.
Three free tools that replace what LinkedIn and Indeed were never built to do. Career Path Engine — 5-year trajectory with named target roles and salary milestones. Market Value Calculator — quantified comp range across FAANG vs. startup vs. agency-represented paths. Agent Match — matched to a Launchpad agent with projected placement outcomes.
The central hub for young professionals in 2026. No subscription. No premium tier. Yours forever.
Career Path Engine.
Input current role, skills, ambitions. The engine maps your 5-year trajectory with named target roles at named companies, projected salary milestones, and the skill gaps to close at each stage.
Build my path →Market Value Calc.
Plug in skills + YOE + location + role. Get a quantified comp range broken out by FAANG / Tier 2 tech / Series B-C / agency-represented paths, with delta call-outs and the represented premium.
Calc my value →Agent Match.
Career profile in 90 seconds. Matched to the Launchpad agent persona who represents your category best, with projected placement outcomes: target companies, target comp, projected close timeline.
Match my agent →Three tools, one methodology.
Map your trajectory
Run the Career Path Engine. Surfaces your 5-year roadmap with named roles, comp milestones, and the skill gaps to close at each step.
Anchor your number
Plug into the Market Value Calculator. Get the comp range you should be negotiating from — not the floor LinkedIn shows you.
Find your agent
Run Agent Match. See the Launchpad agent persona that fits your category and the projected placement outcomes. Then apply.
Welcome to the central hub.
Launchpad is what a talent agency looks like when you design it around the human at the center of the career — not around the employer. The Lab is free. The research is open. Representation is one click away.