Confession: I’m so tired of paying for crypto activities, events and all the related expenses out of my own pocket. Sometimes I feel like giving up on participating in any of this at all 

I’m lucky to have friends who occasionally hook me up with some perks (like @chicago last year, yaaay) but otherwise it’s starting to feel more like an expensive hobby  than investment in my own career and future

When considering supporting someone in our community financially, please remember that us normies do it on our own dime, time, and pure enthusiasm, with zero guarantee of ever getting any ROI on any of our investments 

Our employers don’t sponsor us because we don’t work in Web3, and we don’t qualify for most of the funding for builders and creators

I go to work, I put in my hours, my niche knowledge and experience, I get my paycheck, I pay my bills, and then I spend a huge chunk of my hard-earned money and free time on supporting web3 and people in it 

Please be considerate when any us ask for help. If normies don’t get enough support or god forbid get drained of their finances, crypto or fiat, this is gonna be the end for everyone 

I don’t know how much I have left in me personally 

(this rant is inspired by me trying to budget for all the crypto events I’d love to join in the foreseeable future. I must say, this list is already incredibly limited)

not sure if this is a hot take but this is why I don’t love the idea of crypto conferences. In any other industry it’s only industry professionals who go for the purpose of networking or what have u. 

Atleast from what I’ve seen on the comms side, these conferences genuinely look like anime esque conventions with meet-and-greets. I feel like the events are just for $$ extraction lol🤷🏻‍♀️

chloe

Yes I agree they’re just little parties I don’t understand