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Say what you will about cryptocurrencies, it sounds like a damn interesting area in which to be spending your time as an engineer, even if 90% of the stuff ends
by ttul 6y ago
Say what you will about cryptocurrencies, it sounds like a damn interesting area in which to be spending your time as an engineer, even if 90% of the stuff ends up being total crap or a fraud.
- PragmaticPulp 6y ago> even if 90% of the stuff ends up being total crap or a fraud Working on something that turns out to be total crap or a fraud is actually very demoralizing, not to mention not great for your resume. In the distributed systems space, I've interviewed a lot of burnt out engineers who thought they were getting in on the next big blockchain company that turned out to be a couple founders use blockchain as a get rich quick scheme. For every story we hear about people getting lucky by timing something blockchain-related just right, there are many more people who got the timing wrong and lost out when the hype collapsed. Be careful out there.
- Tenoke 6y ago>Working on something that turns out to be total crap or a fraud is actually very demoralizing, not to mention not great for your resume. Too bad most people here have worked on startups that failed then.
- ttul 6y agoOn the other hand, my friend worked as CTO for a doomed blockchain startup that raised a huge amount in an ICO. They paid him handsomely and then imploded. No harm.