Tech companies that offer discounts usually cater to college students. What about young professionals who want to continue learning?

Most students receive financial support from their parents and have ample disposable income for products like GitHub [0,1,2]. Recent grads who want to keep learning about technology are more in need of discounts.

I'm not discrediting GitHub's campaign — I'm happy that the company is reaching out to students. It's just that the trend toward offering students discounts is somewhat misguided and shortsighted.

[0] http://news.byu.edu/archive12-apr-payingforcollege.aspx [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/education/parents-financia... [2] http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/choice/who-...