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I'm a student of the Internet. I learn on it every day of my life. I'm guessing I don't count though because I'm not affiliated with a corporation that cares more about charging my bank account than making sure I learn anything.
I think the 7$ dollars a month is reasonable for a great service, I'm a student (while working) but will continue to pay for my repos. I hope others do the same. I think a significant percentage of GitHub's user base are in school for something and could potentially qualify for this, but probably shouldn't if they can afford to pay. That said I use the student discount for Amazon Prime, so I am a hypocrite.
I've been using the free tier for a couple years now as a student. Because of this free micro offer, I'm now queued up to convert into a paying customer upon completion of my PhD. In two years, I'll be a lot more personally invested in the service.
Just wanted to add my thanks! :)
I used that during my last semester and it was awesome. I set it so that my README.md would have my schedules, books to read, homework assignment, etc. I'd update it as the term would go on. I was able to keep track of all my projects at a single place even though they were unrelated, and I also took notes during the lectures. With how they display .md files, it's really easy and quick to take notes and still have so…
I did this when I was a student, and I recently had to move over the private repos to bitbucket when it expired. Just stick to bitbucket for private repos.
I'm a student of the Internet. I learn on it every day of my life. I'm guessing I don't count though because I'm not affiliated with a corporation that cares more about charging my bank account than making sure I learn anything.
Philosohical arguments like these don't make much sense on HN. By the same token, we all are students for life, either of Internet or of School of Hard Knocks. They also say .edu address so that should make it more clearer for you.
Students - People who pay to have information presented to them in a nice and comprehensible manner.
Not Students - People who scour the internet and books in search of information that aligns with their interests.
It seems a bit backwards to me.
Yes, the actual definition requires a 'student' be in attendance of a 'school' or 'college'. What about Wikipedia, KhanAcademy, Google etc...? Aren't these new schools that I can 'attend' and don't have to hop through a bunch of red tape, apply, or send them money?
I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…
* Are high school students eligible?
* If so, my high school doesn't provide us with email addresses. Is that critical? (I have other ways of verifying my enrollment.)
Thanks!