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Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by johndbritton »

codezero wrote: post #63

"If you're a student aged 13+ and enrolled in degree or diploma granting course of study" So this doesn't include people in bootcamps? It seems like a ding to those programs that they aren't considered student developers by GitHub. This might be an oversight or a technicality, but it's too bad.

We definitely care about folks in bootcamps, but it's a bit more difficult to arrange access for them. If you run a bootcamp, feel free to email education@github.com and we'll try and help you and your students out.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by grayclhn »

paradite wrote: post #61

I literally thought they are giving out backpacks so I was like WOW, then I realized it is a bunch of tools. Well, better than nothing, free server from DigitalOcean is pretty useful for me as a student to learn about deploying on an actual server instead of relying on 3rd party services like heroku.

Um... better than backpacks, I'd say.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by powertower »

iancarroll wrote: post #52
powertower wrote: post #43

> PositiveSSL from Namecheap (for $9) I have one of these, they work great. The one and only problem they have is they require 2 or 3 intermediary CA certs that need to be "bundled" into a file. After buying one, and finding the Comodo provided instructions lacking the needed info, I put together a howto for both Windows and Linux (for Apache) - http://www.devside.net/wamp-server/installing-comodo-positiv...

All CA's require a bundle, just an FYI. Comodo has two because they have the structure like this: => Old Root (with trust everywhere) ==> New Root (with limited trust) ===> Issuing Intermediary ====> Your Cert (no trust without intermediary)

I think you are right, they all might have at least 1 Intermediate CA cert...

But with the basic certs it's 1 or 2 levels deeper, and the bundle file is not provided ready-to-go after the purchase.

I remember some years back you could either use a single-root cert (with just your SSLCertificateFile file), or with 1 Intermediate CA that you would just use as the SSLCertificateChainFile file.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by DarkTree »

freehunter wrote: post #48
Mikushi wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally disagree, it removes the exploration part of learning how to code, which I believe to be vital to educating good programmers. I see all these services listed, and all I think is "they are hooking these guys to a service oriented approach", a "pay $25 and you don't have to worry about X". Thing is, what you learn while trialling technologies is invaluable and should not be replaced by a preselected list o…

The exploration of modern programming is a big factor keeping people out. You don't get a computer with BASIC installed anymore, or magazines that teach you programming from start to finish with code samples included. To figure out desktop programming, you have to download a compiler and hope there is a good tutorial on some random blog which most likely gave up after part two of a five part series. To figure out web…

Incredible synopsis of my first 3 months of programming.

You are right in that the umbrella term "programming" is incredibly daunting to a person who has never written a line of code. Everyone knows that more options does not translate to better outcome all of the time. To step into the world of programming today is to step into a dictionary of dictionaries. It's scarily awesome.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by scarecrowbob »

jackpirate wrote: post #39
maximgsaini wrote: post #30

Awesome service guys. The following criticism is not for github, but for our culture as a whole. I cannot get myself to agree with how our culture has come to describe a 'student'. An example would be the following: "If you're a student aged 13+ and enrolled in degree or diploma granting course of study, the GitHub Student Developer Pack is for you. All you need is a school-issued email address, valid student identif…

Getting an email through a community college doesn't scream of privilege to me.

For people working on the very low end of wages, even having time off attend very inexpensive classes can be quite a cost.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by aet »

paradite wrote: post #61

I literally thought they are giving out backpacks so I was like WOW, then I realized it is a bunch of tools. Well, better than nothing, free server from DigitalOcean is pretty useful for me as a student to learn about deploying on an actual server instead of relying on 3rd party services like heroku.

Free server? I thought it was $100 in credit. How far does $100 go?

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by codezero »

johndbritton wrote: post #71
codezero wrote: post #63

"If you're a student aged 13+ and enrolled in degree or diploma granting course of study" So this doesn't include people in bootcamps? It seems like a ding to those programs that they aren't considered student developers by GitHub. This might be an oversight or a technicality, but it's too bad.

We definitely care about folks in bootcamps, but it's a bit more difficult to arrange access for them. If you run a bootcamp, feel free to email education@github.com and we'll try and help you and your students out.

Awesome, thanks for the response.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by maratd »

chrisan wrote: post #33
maximgsaini wrote: post #30

Awesome service guys. The following criticism is not for github, but for our culture as a whole. I cannot get myself to agree with how our culture has come to describe a 'student'. An example would be the following: "If you're a student aged 13+ and enrolled in degree or diploma granting course of study, the GitHub Student Developer Pack is for you. All you need is a school-issued email address, valid student identif…

> Many 'students' would probably be in a better financial situation than a non-'student' who is trying to learn. Somehow 'education' has turned into a tool for passing on privilege. Without that, how would they validate who is a student vs not? I know nothing of Go but want to learn. Am I not a 'student'? I understand what you are saying, but without being an actual verifiable student they would be giving this away t…

> Without that, how would they validate who is a student vs not?

What? Why would they need to?

Those "perks" are only appealing to somebody who's learning or a hobbyist. They are absolutely worthless to a professional. I will burn through them in a week.

Github is just trying to market this to kids. It has nothing to do with learning or providing a better value proposition. It's all about hooking them into your brand early. Nothing wrong with that, but that's what it is.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by agilebyte »

aet wrote: post #76
paradite wrote: post #61

I literally thought they are giving out backpacks so I was like WOW, then I realized it is a bunch of tools. Well, better than nothing, free server from DigitalOcean is pretty useful for me as a student to learn about deploying on an actual server instead of relying on 3rd party services like heroku.

Free server? I thought it was $100 in credit. How far does $100 go?

If you run the cheapest one at $5/month then almost 2 years.
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