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'Researchers who signed up in the past year or so tell Science they committed between $3000 and $6000—plus interest payments on any loans Cheeky Scientist helped them apply for. Hankel declined to comment on the number of people enrolled in the Diamond Program, the company’s pricing strategies, or the program’s content.'
https://www.science.org/content/article/criticism-builds-against-ph-d-careers-firm-cheeky-scientist
@PlantTeaching From this piece it sounds like they have a profitable line in loansharking!
@PlantTeaching I vaguely remember running into them. I can be naïve about a lot of "career" stuff. I'm glad they didn't pass my smell test nonetheless.
@cyrilpedia Yikes. Predatory career advisors now? It's a tough time to be an early-career scientist!