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“A growing contingent of the tech industry’s best and brightest sees a transformational moment that comes along once every few decades and rewards those who spot the seismic shift before the rest of the world.” https://t.co/PM19Zjjv0J
— Rachael Horwitz (@RachaelRad) December 20, 2021
The comments are depressing and an article from NYT may suspect a “top signal”
— Otsukimi Star Lord (@OtsukimiCrypto) December 21, 2021
but…
This feels EXACTLY like mid 90s internet/web. And I’m all here for it because I regret not taking the leap then. History doesn’t repeat itself, but often rhymes. https://t.co/PrxfPXUTkW
“There is a giant sucking sound coming from crypto,” said @RamaswmySridhar. “It feels a bit like the 1990s and the birth of the internet all over again. It’s that early, that chaotic and that much full of opportunity.” The gold rush to crypto w @MikeIsaac https://t.co/di2UG3KvWq
— Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) December 20, 2021
“Do you want to sell sugar water, or do you want to change the world?”
— cdixon.eth (@cdixon) December 21, 2021
—Steve Jobs https://t.co/YeRoj6XkOx
Convinced yet? ?? It's happening. A year ago I started really banging the Web3 drum...keep watching where the talent goes https://t.co/SdMYvVqoiT
— Alexis Ohanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) December 21, 2021
what percentage of the web2 people joining right now to "get rich faster" are going to be working in crypto in 2 years? https://t.co/HrEO9hx4xP
— andy (@andy8052) December 20, 2021
Nice little story in the NYT on the trend of people working for tech companies jumping ship to work in crypto.
— Laura Shin (@laurashin) December 20, 2021
However the top comments are pretty depressing. (See photo in reply) https://t.co/AdIZmJRNCk
lots of web3 evangelicism is based on criticisms of "web2" companies like facebook, twitter etc for being too centralized and censorious, and lookie here who is staffing web3 companies https://t.co/rnT5b0NMWt pic.twitter.com/nPdnUHm279
— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) December 20, 2021
Stop building the old system.
— Pomp ? (@APompliano) December 21, 2021
Come help us build a new system: https://t.co/EaWrk2lCb3 https://t.co/MFJShTyT79
wait there are crypto startups in silicon valley?? https://t.co/B3pGHJwLyw
— Alex Svanevik (@ASvanevik) December 21, 2021
The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people join pyramid schemes. https://t.co/LGkdooX6TU
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) December 21, 2021
Fwiw, the article mostly presents crypto as a get-rich-fast scheme, but whatever I guess. https://t.co/kf15HiLa80
— Xavier Amatriain (@xamat) December 21, 2021
Good story by @daiwaka and @MikeIsaac about the talent exodus to crypto, which seems to be motivated by finances (FAANG-level salaries + tokens) and psychology (reinvent yourself! do what the kids are doing!). https://t.co/dQs7XcuWNq
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 21, 2021
One grossly under-appreciated and under-reported aspect of web3/crypto startups is that you gain liquidity waaaay faster than a traditional startup -- years or never.
— J◎e McCann (@joemccann) December 21, 2021
Web2 startups are at a disadvantage for hiring and retaining talent as well as big techhttps://t.co/oWZvd38Vjy
Like I wrote last week, the web3 thang is happening: The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Start-Ups - The New York Times https://t.co/qruCYSWAu0
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) December 21, 2021
The top of the Web2 food chain mostly laughs. Now they are starting to join Web3.
— brayton.crypto (?,?) (@BraytonKey) December 21, 2021
Nice work to native Web3 companies @opensea and @unstoppableweb on the big pulls! https://t.co/w2yfQaseRl pic.twitter.com/CO24GdWvBi
"The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Start-Ups." Of course you get paid in NFTs...https://t.co/f3P7JEj0Ab
— Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) December 20, 2021
"At Google, concerns about keeping employees — including not losing them to crypto companies — became so pressing that the issue became part of the weekly executive agenda..."
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) December 20, 2021
The Web3 talent swarm by @daiwaka & @MikeIsaac https://t.co/8qyPZXm138
“A wave of execs and engineers are leaving cushy jobs at Google, Amazon, Apple and other large tech co’s — some of which pay millions in annual compensation — to chase what they see as a once-in-a-generation opportunity. That next big thing is crypto…” https://t.co/vCa9EjjPnL
— Mike DAOdas (@mdudas) December 21, 2021
“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?”
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) December 21, 2021
— Steve Jobs
Cryptocurrencies are the sugar water of the web: enticing, empty, and in unrestrained abundance, dangerous. https://t.co/IjEzhUh9K7
Talents are leaving Big Tech firms in droves to join crypto - yes, I can personally attest to that. Big Tech feels very stale, out-of-date and out of touch with the most advanced cutting edge technologies.https://t.co/AQUN9cV94X
— herbert.icp ∞ (@herbertyang) December 21, 2021
"At Google, concerns about keeping employees — including not losing them to crypto companies — became so pressing that the issue became part of the weekly executive agenda..."
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) December 20, 2021
The Web3 talent swarm by @daiwaka & @MikeIsaac https://t.co/8qyPZXm138
Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with crypto.https://t.co/iJe0MD4YvO
— Zoe Scaman (@zoescaman) December 21, 2021
“A growing contingent of the tech industry’s best and brightest sees a transformational moment that comes along once every few decades and rewards those who spot the seismic shift before the rest of the world.” https://t.co/PM19Zjjv0J
— Rachael Horwitz (@RachaelRad) December 20, 2021
Fascinating! #Tech executives & engineers are quitting #Google, #Meta, #Amazon & other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with #crypto https://t.co/Jywllav4VR
— Susan Li (@SusanLiTV) December 20, 2021
Crypto Start-Ups ? ??
— Tony Nguyen @ Chief People Evangelist ? #Culture (@freeagentglobal) December 21, 2021
'That next big thing is crypto, they said, a catchall designation that includes digital currencies like Bitcoin & products like nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, that rely on the #blockchain."https://t.co/q9Z1976Xw7#business #cryptocurrency #NFT #NFTs
Favorite part of this @daiwaka @MikeIsaac tale is that some of those jumping ship from big tech cos to crypto startups are 48 and 50 yrs old or so. Never too late to reinvent!
— Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) December 21, 2021
https://t.co/nLf8unY6O9
?The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Start-Ups
— European Tech School (@EuroTechSchool) December 21, 2021
Tech executives and engineers are quitting @Google, Meta, @Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with #crypto.https://t.co/VJzzxOq8ds
Probably Nothing. GM ?https://t.co/aKdwtbPXDX pic.twitter.com/luICAmrZ05
— Laraghraoui.eth (@LaraGhraoui) December 21, 2021
Right now, web3 is ... whatever you want it to be! Which is why it's so compelling to so many people, I think. (Also: ALL THE MONEY.) But at some point we're going to have to decide what the future is, and then build it for everybody https://t.co/pLSYsS0wes
— David Pierce (@pierce) December 21, 2021
This piece has a great breakdown of NFT value theories. Let's look at them one at a time.https://t.co/lWrn2YKSBJ
— Chris Riley (@MChrisRiley) December 21, 2021