Freelancing in Vienna

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About us

If you are a freelancer or are thinking of becoming a freelancer, this is the group for you. We are freelance software developers working locally and remotely and have some years of experience making it work successfully.
We would like to support the local freelance community by educating and learning from each other.
It doesn't matter what kind of freelancing you do or how long you have been doing it, stop by and share your experiences and learn from us.
We are also very interested in co-working and building products.

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Build in Public, Connect in Person (March Meetup)
Thu, Mar 19 · 6:30 PM CET
LEAN-CODERS, Hainburgerstraße 33, Vienna, AT
Hi all,
It's time for another freelancer's meetup!

Freelancing in Vienna is the (semi) regular meetup for independent professionals in the city. Two talks, free pizza and drinks, and time to connect with people who work the same way you do.

Agenda

18:30 Doors open
19:00 Welcome
19:10 Build in Public: A Freelancer's Playbook for Launching an AI Product in 4 Weeks by Clemens Helm
19:40 Pizza & drinks
20:10 Talk 2 (TBA)
20:40 Networking
~21:30 Wrap up

Talks

Build in Public: A Freelancer's Playbook for Launching an AI Product in 4 Weeks by Clemens Helm

Most freelancers sell hours. I wanted to build something of my own. So I started building Pinchy (heypinchy.com) — a self-hosted AI agent platform — completely in public. Daily LinkedIn posts, a dev blog, open source on GitHub, guerilla marketing. The full stack, not just code.

The surprising part: the product isn't even the point. The process is the portfolio.

In this talk I'll share:
•⁠ ⁠Why "Build in Public" is a powerful strategy for freelancers who want to shift into a new field (in my case: AI)
•⁠ ⁠How AI tools helped me ship fast — the product, the website, the branding, the docs, even the logo were all built with AI assistance
•⁠ ⁠What actually worked for visibility (and what flopped) — with real numbers from LinkedIn, GitHub, and website analytics
•⁠ ⁠How documenting your work publicly builds more credibility than any CV or portfolio page ever could
Whether you're thinking about launching your own product, pivoting into AI, or just want to stand out as a freelancer — this is 20 years of freelancing distilled into 4 weeks of building out loud.

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Want to give a talk?
We're looking for speakers. 20–30 minutes on anything relevant to working independently. Send a message to me (Aaron) here on meetup.

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We're sponsored for the space and snacks again by https://www.lean-coders.at/, a wonderful freelancer focused "agency" in Vienna.
They are currently offering coworking desks for interested freelancers. Their team of professional devs and PMs would also love to hear about your next software project.
If you know of anyone looking for a great software team, they even have an affiliate program for referrals https://lean-coders.at/affiliate/

See you soon!!
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