My profs have loved me in the last couple years, because I am very active and helpful with the class. I've also offered up a lot of resource links for them to look for free downloads, additional tutorials, etc. It gained me a lot of respect from my classmates too.
The advantages - one of my profs was able to get me some contract work, and I'm now working with a couple classmates on some different projects that may become quite fruitful.
