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How Getting a Master's in Education Can Accelerate Your Teaching Career

A Master's in Education can help accelerate the career of any teacher. It can often be seen as the gate to getting into administration or other career paths outside of the classroom. Many places will even ​require a master's degree​ for you to become an administrator. With school principal's ​earni...

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22.03.21 06:18 PM - Comment(s)
The 5 Highest Paying States for Teachers

Teachers have a huge salary depending on where they live, with some districts paying only around $40,000 and others paying more than ​$100,000 a year​. While pay isn't the only factor, that's a huge range and can be a big factor in deciding where you want to teach. These five states below are the h...

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15.03.21 06:34 PM - Comment(s)
3 of The Best Medical Specialties for Work-Life Balance

For med students, choosing the right specialty is one of the biggest decisions they will ever make. It dictates everything, from what they do, to how much they earn, and how many hours they will work. It's important to choose the one that's right for you, based on what you may enjoy, like the type ...

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08.03.21 07:50 PM - Comment(s)
The five highest paying medical specialties of 2021

Doctors constantly round out some of the ​highest paying jobs​. And there's a good reason for that; they go through a large amount of schooling and you put your lives in their hands everyday. There's no arguing that doctors deserve a lot of compensation for their work. However, there's a huge range...

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01.03.21 06:58 PM - Comment(s)
The Three Highest Paying Engineering Majors Right Out of College

It's been known that ​engineering majors​ make more than most others when after earning their degrees. However, there can be a lot of variability between the different types of engineers, with some earning more than others. In general, an engineering degree can unlock plenty of doors and just becau...

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22.02.21 06:54 PM - Comment(s)
How to Survive Residency After Medical School

You finally did it. After four years of hard, exhausting work, you've graduated medical school and matched into a residency program. Now that all the hard work is done, you can get on to doing what you love, being a doctor. Of course, even in residency there's other problems that you need to solve ...

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15.02.21 11:48 PM - Comment(s)
We Were Nominated as a Top Fintech (Financial Technology) Company in Florida by Daily Finance

That's right! Recently Defynance was recognized as one of the top fintech companies in Florida by Daily Finance! We're thankful to have been recognized for our hard work to tackle the student debt crisis through out income share agreement refinancing program. And we don't plan on stopping anyt...

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08.02.21 09:58 PM - Comment(s)
Check out Defynance's Founder and CEO Farrukh Siddiqui on the Georgia Fintech Academy Podcast

Podcasts are one of the most exciting formats to arise from technology in the past few years. They allow you to listen in on conversations with experts and learn things that you couldn't otherwise. It also can give you a glimpse into the world of that person and show you how they think. And their p...

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01.02.21 08:44 PM - Comment(s)
One Week Left to Invest in Defynance's Crowdfunding Campaign

Time really does fly. It seems like just yesterday that we opened up the doors to our crowdfunding campaign, allowing you to own your own share of Defynance for as little as $100. And if you didn't take advantage of that opportunity then, it's not too late. Our crowdfunding campaign is still alive ...

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25.01.21 07:53 PM - Comment(s)
Why TechStars Boulder is a Perfect Fit for Defynance

For the past two and a half years, Defynance has been hard at work creating our student loan refinancing product using income share agreements (ISAs). And while we've been growing and are excited about our future, we decided that it was time to get a little help. Building a product is difficult and...

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20.01.21 12:17 AM - Comment(s)