Well - qualified and savvy Ph.D. scientists could very likely land
substantially more lucrative
offers on their own, but the program serves a useful purpose by aiming to ease the way to a first industrial position for scientists unfamiliar with or intimidated by the nonacademic
job market.
There are less expensive desktop scanners that will get the
job done, like the Neat Connect and Brother ADS - 2000e, at $ 299, but the ScanSnap iX500 is
substantially better than both, and it has a lot more to
offer, feature-wise.