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Renata ColeFounder & lead writerRenata Cole founded Second Syllabus after retraining as an instructional designer following twelve years as a line cook and head chef. She writes the site's bootcamp comparisons and its personal essays, and she still keeps her own tuition receipts to remember what these numbers feel like from the paying side.Kwame AdeyemiLearning platforms & learning science writerKwame Adeyemi spent nine years teaching high school chemistry before he started testing online learning platforms and writing about what the research actually says works. He signs up for a trial of every subscription he reviews and cancels it himself afterward, specifically to see how hard that process really is.Dahlia KerrTest prep writerDahlia Kerr prepped for three different graduate admissions tests herself before she started writing about test prep for other people's career changes. She tracks her own old practice-test scores in the same spreadsheet she now uses to compare tutors, courses and self-study plans for readers.