“there is a serious talent shortage in crypto”

mayhaps because you’re only trying to hire ex-meta employees with 10+ years experience for your sperm racing app on base with 6 users

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Most of the problems in crypto aren't that hard to solve, but quite hard to orchestrate.

yeah I mean this is a shitpost but in all seriousness I think there is a legit shortage of S-tier founders and probably the same applies to staff level or founding eng

however, don’t really think the same applies to the average role (marketing, ops, swe, whatever)

there is somewhat of an actual talent pipeline problem tho I think - i don’t know about “shortage” per se

downstream of it being low status, branding issues, and venture funding declining, harder to attract elite talent in such conditions

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>sperm racing app on base with 6 users

tell me more!

whenever I hear talent shortage, I hear "nobody wants to work for me for the peanuts that I would them pay for"

yes, there is an actual shortage of staff level eng but outside of that my joke is accurate imo

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yes, there is an actual shortage of staff level eng but outside of that my joke is accurate imo

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Also the elite talent gets nerdsniped and works on low impact stuff. There's a lot of independent builders and founders I'd hire instantly (as someone who currently only hires those staff-level types you're joking about)

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haha yeah, this is mostly a shitpost

I do feel like there’s an awful lot of people looking for roles despite hearing constantly about “talent shortages.”

meanwhile I get screened by every recruiter because I don’t have a picture perfect web2 tech background, oh well 😂

It’s definitely who you know tbh

most teams if I ask if they’re looking for CMs or social related roles will tell me they’re hiring

but yeah maybe this doesn’t apply to the technical ones

hahah yes, very likely the case. agreed that there’s an image problem as @six pointed out:

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hahah yes, very likely the case. agreed that there’s an image problem as @six pointed out: https://farcaster.xyz/six/0x79a81775

I'm aware this is a shitpost, but I believe "sperm racing app on base with 6 users" is the consensus mental model of 𝙖𝙡𝙡 of crypto for most 75th-99th percentile 10-years-experienced ex-meta employees.

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Agree with @matthewb 

Plenty of talent if you know how to look

PMF is a talent batsign

Unfortunately practically nothing in crypto has PMF (yet) so a lot of talent is invisible for those in both web3 and web2

Would be curious what your thoughts are @web3pm

it's true, they keep trying to poach me for this

As with many things in life, it’s a resume game

nope cuz they're paying minimum wage. 19/20 of the crypto companies consistently pay less than mid size tech companies.

only FC had a +300k role back in the day

bro, maybe just ask for a passion for memes instead of a decade of experience

The talent is out there  but many projects filter for prestige over potential.
If we want real innovation, we need to value curiosity, adaptability, and onchain experience, not just resumes from a Big firms.

That's wild bro, many new web2  users are coming onchain instead let them learn, experiment and understand the type of market they're into. Nope they'll give them the roles okay we go soon see how you audit smart contracts