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pitt1980

"intuitively it seems pretty high risk"

for who?

For the company. Depending on how it is implemented, taking a cut of the first 2 years' salary could be very high risk. Intuitively there seems to be little to stop someone taking the education and then absconding abroad.

it's be interesting to know how a situation where student takes school, then starts their own company and pays themselves ramen salary is handled

seems like a good portion of their target market might have something like that in mind

also (opportunity cost of two years and having to live in one of the more expensive real estate markets in the US isn't exactly risk free for the student either)

There is a lot to stop most people from "absconding abroad". Family, friends, culture, language, visa requirements, ...

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