(Illustration by Peter Arkle)
It was an otherwise unremarkable day in mid-February when nascent computer scientist Evan Maynard received some tremendous news. In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Marys University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part-time for nearly a year wanted to help him pay off his student loanif he had no objections, of course. Its an understatement to say that I was overjoyed, recalls Maynard, a bright and ebullient 23-year-old. I think I high-fived [my boss].
Maynards enthusiastic response is exactly what his employer, Dartmouth, N.S.-based digital marketing firm SimplyCast, wanted. CEO Saeed El-Darahaliwho himself spent years paying off his $50,000 st…
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