There are a lot of ways to find jobs in industries related to crypto. Some of those are traditional and others are new trends cropping up where you can make an income. Read on for some pointers.
1. These are some great resources to find a job:
- AngelList – one of the best places to find a job at a crypto startup, hands down.
- Crypto Jobs – Also has a visually friendly list to find jobs.
- CryptoJobsList - a great site for jobs.
- Cryptocurrency jobs – Another one.
- Pomp Crypto Jobs – Join a Pomp Portfolio company.
- Proof of Talent – For the more senior/technical roles
- Linkedin – finding crypto and blockchain jobs on LinkedIn is becoming more normal.
- Web3 jobs – Web3, so hot right now
- Newsletters – follow the newsletters of your favorite companies and they’ll often announce new positions or opportunities.
- Most VCs post job openings for their portfolio companies: Pantera. ConsenSys Labs. Pardigm.
2. Join a DAO
There’s a variety of DAOs that contributors can join – social DAOs, protocol DAOs, NFT gated DAOs/communities, investment DAOs, and more. A word to the DAOists, you probably won’t be able to effectively contribute in more than 2-3 DAOs (unless the DAOs are very small). Optimize for high quality contributions rather than low quantity contributions. DAOs want to work with people who stick around rather than those who jump to the hottest DAO.
3. Become an Early Adopter
Being an early adopter is easy in hindsight. However, in the moment it requires taking risks. Those risks include opportunity costs in time, capital, and attention. Early adopters often become the best people to hire early on as they become the most engaged members of a discord or community. Additionally, founders want to hire individuals who believe in their mission. Early adopters who are already contributing to projects in their free time are far better candidates than mercenary employees searching for the highest paycheck.
4. Write
Nic Carter, Chris Burniske, Ryan Selkis, Derek Hsue, Phil Bonello, Ryan Watkins, and Kyle Samani all became names in crypto because they started writing blogs about blockchain topics, mostly related to investment or research. One of the highest skills you can leverage is your ability to write. It’s hard not only to write good content, but to have the guts to put your opinions out there. That being said, anyone can be a writer—never tell yourself otherwise.
Site like Publish0x pay you for writing for them.
5. Start a YouTube Channel or Podcast
Perhaps you’re not a wordsmith, but you excel at making videos, especially live content. Start your own Youtube channel or make some tutorial videos. YouTube is the second largest search engine – leverage it.
Podcasting is primed for crypto discussion. Jill Carlson and Meltem Demirors have a great podcast. Tony Sheng experimented with a fun podcast (still waiting for the next season). What Bitcoin Did by Peter McCormack.
6. The Meatspace: Join Meetups, Events, and Clubs
If you’re in a locale teeming with blockchain activity, I recommend going to meetups or community events, most of which are free. Some common places to find events include Meetup and Eventbrite. For university students, check out your school’s blockchain club or start your own! I don’t recommend conferences if you’re looking for a job, as conference tickets don’t give a good ROI unless you’re incredible at networking (let’s face it you’d probably be employed if you were). Early NFT communities are starting to have meetups as are social DAOs like Bankless and Friends With Benefits.
7. Move to a Crypto City
By nature, we are all products of our environment. It’s no secret that if you want to be successful in tech, you should probably live where innovation is happening. I’m not saying you need to move to a major tech city like New York or San Francisco, but you should take advantage of it if you live there. Other up-and-coming tech cities in the U.S include Los Angeles, Denver, Austin, and Seattle. If you’re willing to venture abroad, you have even more options. Berlin, Shanghai, or Singapore are all great places to move to give yourself an edge.
8. Leverage Your Strengths (Wizard Abilities)
Those with some working experience should utilize it. If you have any skills including:
- Analyst (excel wizard)
- CPA (accounting wizard)
- CFA (“I do not give investment advice” wizard)
- Lawyer (never get bored of case law wizard)
- Fearless public speaker (sound or podcast wizard)
- Write like Dickens (keyboard wizard)
- People Wizard (companies literally pay for networks, it’s just called Business Development)
- Process (detail-oriented and operational wizard)
- Design (Photoshop and graphic design wizard)
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Economics knowledge (crypto is underpinned by incentive mechanisms and game theory)
If you have any of these skills, then you possess an advantage over many others currently in crypto. For the students and youngsters out there, leverage your time to learn new skills or gain experience.
9. Offer Your Help and Assistance
The crypto world is small compared to any other industry. You can reach out to people on Twitter and to a lesser extent email. Don’t reach out to the manager of a VC firm or CEO of your favorite crypto company. They likely won’t respond. Find someone newer to the firm as they likely have more time and will relate to you as a young professional. There are a bunch of articles about how to reach out to people.
10. Become an Intern
Interning is the fastest way to find out if you like a field. If you’re a student at any level and have the chance to become an intern I highly recommend it. This is perhaps the best option for students looking to learn about cryptonetworks and get some experience. While doing my MBA, interning for a local cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong was a great initial experience to get my feet wet and become immersed in the crypto space.
11. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
You will feel like you are not qualified. Apply.
You will be afraid to tweet or post thoughts publicly. Do it anyway.
You will be wrong. That’s okay, your opinions are allowed to change.
Apply.
Source: https://messari.io/article/web3-jobs-how-to-get-a-job-in-crypto-updated-2022
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