Saving your progress — CCA-F Exam Prep

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Real story
A PhD student at a desk, face in hands. Laptop open showing a blue screen of death. A stack of printed research papers next to the laptop. 180 days of work, gone. Dim office, harsh desk lamp.

A PhD student loses 6 months of dissertation work.

No backup. Hard drive crash. No git. No cloud save. 180 days of writing, research, citations. Gone in one click -- the click of a failing drive head.

The university's IT department recovered 12 pages out of 247. The student restarted. Added 8 months to their program. The hard drive cost $89. The lost time was worth $47,000 in tuition alone.

The work existed. It just wasn't saved anywhere that survived.