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Re:Show HN: Learn to code by being coached by an experienced... by Machow on Sunday July 13, 2014 @09:31AM (#8027294)

I'm not talking about students who participate in experiments as subjects. The students who are research assistants are sometimes unpaid, and might not receive course credit for RA work, but contribute code to projects for research experience. It's relevant to working for a private, for-profit business in the sense that the alternative is often doing an internship for a private company.

The IRB only monitors study participants, not research assistant work.

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Re:Show HN: Learn to code by being coached by an experienced... by nmrm on Sunday July 13, 2014 @02:50PM (#8028260)

Ah, I misinterpreted your comment. Sorry.

> It's relevant to working for a private, for-profit business in the sense that the alternative is often doing an internship for a private company.

I still think there's a pretty significant ethical difference between not-for-profit research and a for-profit business. Even without the student-teacher relationship, unpaid internships in CS are pretty ethically dubious and uncommon.

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