Ok a lot to unpack here.
1. "program was stopped". Did Triple Ten stop it or did you stop it? Did they stop it because you haven't signed the contract?
2. The externship is like a couple week project that gets reviewed by an employee at a company. It's a good idea but I it doesn't replace internship work so don't get your hopes up.
3. Now legally, it doesn't matter 100% if you signed or not. If you partook in the services and paid the deposit, it might be construed as an implicit bargain you were entering. Now it's also sketchy on their side and shouldn't happen so if you are leaving I would try to negotiate some exit fee that's reasonable based on what you did.
If they will let you leave right now and not pay anything else I would do that, that's a crazy good deal for you because the externship isn't going to help much for another $8.8K
u/mabuuu wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
1. They stopped it because they all of a sudden realized I never signed it.
2. That's disappointing to hear, I thought it would be similar to an internship.
3. What are the consequences if I just let it be? It's already been a year since the program started. I've also been trying
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2. I mean ask more questions but my understanding is they have like a <COMPANY> engineer explain some problem the company has and you build an independent solution to it and then <COMPANY> engineer reviews the project and gives feedback. I think it's better than a normal project! I might be wrong but I don't think you get access to their code or anything - ask them.
3. I'm not sure and I'm not a lawyer, just pointing out that they might come back in the future even if you feel like you got off and not to assume that.