You're skilled, independent, and good at what you do. satco. gives you the community, infrastructure, and real work to go with it.
Being independent is great — until it's not. The isolation, the lack of community, reinventing the wheel on every proposal, having nobody to ask when you're stuck. satco. was built specifically for this.
We're a vetted collective of developers, designers, and IT consultants who share infrastructure, knowledge, tools, and real client work. You stay independent. You keep your own clients. But you gain a real network of people who have your back.
Being a satco. member isn't just about getting paid for work. It's about getting better at your craft and building something that lasts.
Membership is by application. You showcase your work, get reviewed, and if approved, you become part of a collective that's selective by design — because the quality of the network depends on the quality of the people in it.
Access to projects that match your skills — without having to find them yourself.
People to ask when you're stuck. Knowledge that accumulates instead of disappearing in a chat thread.
Professional email and collaboration tools, contract templates, proposals, rate guides — written in plain language and ready to use.
Your public-facing page within satco. — what gets shared with clients when you're considered for a project.
A real path from Contributor to Builder to Lead — with tangible benefits at each stage.
A low-key async event where members share what they've built or learned. No pressure to be polished.
Basic info about who you are, your background, and what you do.
Links to projects, a portfolio, GitHub — whatever best shows what you've built.
"What do you want to build?" Not a trick — we just want to know you're thinking about contribution.
Within 2 weeks, every time. If it's a no, we tell you why — and the door stays open.
The annual membership fee is $100. It covers the infrastructure you use and the resources you access. Low enough not to be a barrier, specific enough to filter for people who are genuinely committed.
The fee is separate from your project earnings — those are yours (minus the collective split).