[BoorishBears]

I got the impression that they're very young and that can understandably come with a bit less self-awareness.

If that is the case, imo they'd be better served looking into the immense amount of resources available to students: I know when I was a kid I had $0 to spend on software and hardware, just sending an email from a .edu account got people willing to give

Today it's even easier to get those kinds of resources: https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/