1083 sats \ 2 replies \ @handsome_latino 5 Jul 2023 \ on: Career advice bitcoin
I recommend the book "So Good They Can't Ignore You" by Cal Newport.
The problem with the BTC industry is that jobs are not that many, too many people want them, and hence you might be treated poorly (either by not working at the max of your capabilities, underpaid, or a company that goes under on the next bear market).
I worked on a BTC project for about 5x less of what I make today. In the end it was a smarter choice to just stack more sats.
Between 2 and 3, if 3 allows you to get closer to the BTC space then it's good.
Also, if you manage to stack a lot of sats, your net worth will inevitably be higher, so you can leverage this. I have a lot of expenses, and not making money (even with a lot of savings) feels bad.
Unless your cryptography, math, or your non-BTC related skills are top level (that can be proved via open source or persnoal projects) it might be hard to find a good job. But I don't know you, so to test the waters you can apply to all the bitcoin jobs in the industry (I did that last year).
I made it to a personal interview with André Neves for their Eng. Manager position at ZBD (already a good feat), but... he was utterly unimpressed. For comparisons, when I applied for a similar position at Ghost (the blogging platform), it went much better.
This is the advice I would give myself the 4 times that I quit to either do my own startup, continue my passions, or try to go all-in Bitcoin.
If I manage to stack enough and the next bull run allows me to live comfortably for some time, I will probably try my luck again in the BTC sphere.
I've bought the book and will start reading it right away, thanks for the recommendation.
This has been constructive advice and offers a realistic overview of the chance of landing a job in the Bitcoin industry. For now I will just keep doing what I do and contribute on open source projects and talk to as many people as I can. Let's see what comes from that, but I'm not expecting too much.
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Great, hope it is of your taste. If you do, two of his others books (Deep Work and Digital Minimalism) are my favorites.
I read from the other posts that you're not a developer, and although it is true that developers get a closer touch with Bitcoin and the LN in some sense, I think the fact that Bitcoin and LN touch so many other aspects of daily life also opens some doors for exceptional people. I myself don't feel I am exceptional enough yet.
Thanks for the sats!
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