Full professional member
Verified professional; pays adopted obligations; may vote, serve in office, submit projects and join paid delivery teams subject to eligibility.
02 / Membership and eligibility
Eligible builders, not open-ended promises.
Frontend, backend, mobile, DevOps/SRE, QA, cybersecurity, data/AI, game developers, UI/UX, technical PMs, technical writers, and founders actively building software.
Associate / student
Training and mentorship access; no automatic voting, borrowing or project finance rights; conversion path after verification.
Corporate / partner
May sponsor challenges, provide service work or mentorship under contract; voting and share rights only if law and bylaws permit.
Honorary adviser
Advisory participation; no financial, voting or administrative privileges unless separately eligible.
Admission workflow
- Identity and contact verification; portfolio/GitHub/GitLab or alternative work evidence; skill declaration.
- Code of conduct, bylaws, funding-risk disclosures, privacy notice and IP commitments accepted explicitly.
- Application and dues invoicing; verified payment; committee approval; issuance of digital member card.
- Denial requires a stated reason and an independent appeals mechanism.
Illustrative fees are not carried over automatically from any prior society. Registration, monthly savings, share capital, optional project levy and annual renewal are priced only after affordability survey, operating-budget analysis and member approval.
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