I'm software developer, so I like to help other devs finding bugs. The more people play the beta, the faster bugs will be found, and the faster we will have a final version without bugs.
Sadly, this month I'm short of money to support through SS/Patreon.
Doesn't matter if your short on cash or not,,, there is no early Patron members release or anything like that... When it's done it is just released.
The Beta is for a select group Naughty trusts that seek out the oops i fucked up the coding bits. So you can ask around,,, but the chances any of the testers will leak it are slim 2 none.
You say your a software developer,,, then you should know about the: NO leaking of anything rule.
You do that and nobody will trust you with anything ever again.
It's a sure way of making yourself unemployed.