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Look into web3/blockchain/NFT technology, most of it has been around less than 2 years so experience is less of a hard requirement than in other fields of softw

Look into web3/blockchain/NFT technology, most of it has been around less than 2 years so experience is less of a hard requirement than in other fields of software engineering.

flower1528 5y ago
Could I get more clues? How might someoone hire a 40 year old for NFT/blockchain?
- tpae 5y ago
  Solidity (language for Ethereum Smart Contracts) is relatively easy to learn. There's also tons of free resources in learning them (https://cryptozombies.io/ https://cryptozombies.io/). I would say this would be one of the hottest languages of 2022.
  - ronanyeah 5y ago
    Yeah Solidity has many resources and is worth learning. Solana is another smart contract platform which uses Rust, and Rust is a fantastic language, though it is tough. Both ecosystems use Node.js for scripting/tests/frontend so that is going to be advantage to learn. A good progression might be: - Modern JS / Node.js - Solidity / Ethers (https://docs.ethers.io/) - Rust - Solana / Anchor (https://project-serum.github.io/anchor/getting-started/introduction.html)
  - flower1528 5y ago
    Yes. This feels like 2007-level of hotness. Thank you.
caymanjim 5y ago
Gonna hard disagree on this one. Blockchain is a flash in the pan niche tool. There are some legitimate uses for it, but most of it is all style and no substance. It's way too narrow a focus, with far more people playing around than there are jobs. You'd pick up general software skills along the way, but there are better ways to do that with a focus on more useful and practical technologies.
- flower1528 5y ago
  Sure but who would hire a non-minority non-woman 40 year old with no previous experience in the field?
- ronanyeah 5y ago
  Web3 is like knowing HTML in 1995. Act accordingly.
  - faeyanpiraat 5y ago
    I don’t see how is that a valid analogy. Html was useful in itself, all this new crypto stuff just convolutes existing solutions.
    - ronanyeah 5y ago
      There were plenty of people in 1995 who did not understand the utility of HTML. That is the nature of revolutionary technology.
      - faeyanpiraat 5y ago
        You mean some people understood html to be revolutionary even back then. If you are someone who knows crypto to be revolutionary, would you be able to help me understand why is it so?
        ronanyeah 5y ago
        I like this perspective: https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1440026949838069763 https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1440026949838069763 For example, predicting Airbnb or Patreon in the early days of HTML/CSS/JS would have taken a lot of foresight and vision.
        faeyanpiraat 5y ago
        We also had uncountable useless products made from html/js. Also the mentioned services make sense. You rent your unused flat to someone, or you ask for money for creating something regularly. I really tried “getting” the web3 benefits, but all I see is mumbo jumbo / dotcom crash type hype.
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Look into web3/blockchain/NFT technology, most of it has been around less than 2 years so experience is less of a hard requirement than in other fields of software engineering.

flower1528 5y ago

Could I get more clues? How might someoone hire a 40 year old for NFT/blockchain?

tpae 5y ago
Solidity (language for Ethereum Smart Contracts) is relatively easy to learn. There's also tons of free resources in learning them (https://cryptozombies.io/ https://cryptozombies.io/). I would say this would be one of the hottest languages of 2022.
- ronanyeah 5y ago
  Yeah Solidity has many resources and is worth learning. Solana is another smart contract platform which uses Rust, and Rust is a fantastic language, though it is tough. Both ecosystems use Node.js for scripting/tests/frontend so that is going to be advantage to learn. A good progression might be: - Modern JS / Node.js - Solidity / Ethers (https://docs.ethers.io/) - Rust - Solana / Anchor (https://project-serum.github.io/anchor/getting-started/introduction.html)
- flower1528 5y ago
  Yes. This feels like 2007-level of hotness. Thank you.

caymanjim 5y ago

Gonna hard disagree on this one. Blockchain is a flash in the pan niche tool. There are some legitimate uses for it, but most of it is all style and no substance. It's way too narrow a focus, with far more people playing around than there are jobs. You'd pick up general software skills along the way, but there are better ways to do that with a focus on more useful and practical technologies.

flower1528 5y ago
Sure but who would hire a non-minority non-woman 40 year old with no previous experience in the field?
ronanyeah 5y ago
Web3 is like knowing HTML in 1995. Act accordingly.
- faeyanpiraat 5y ago
  I don’t see how is that a valid analogy. Html was useful in itself, all this new crypto stuff just convolutes existing solutions.
  - ronanyeah 5y ago
    There were plenty of people in 1995 who did not understand the utility of HTML. That is the nature of revolutionary technology.
    - faeyanpiraat 5y ago
      You mean some people understood html to be revolutionary even back then. If you are someone who knows crypto to be revolutionary, would you be able to help me understand why is it so?
      - ronanyeah 5y ago
        I like this perspective: https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1440026949838069763 https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1440026949838069763 For example, predicting Airbnb or Patreon in the early days of HTML/CSS/JS would have taken a lot of foresight and vision.
        faeyanpiraat 5y ago
        We also had uncountable useless products made from html/js. Also the mentioned services make sense. You rent your unused flat to someone, or you ask for money for creating something regularly. I really tried “getting” the web3 benefits, but all I see is mumbo jumbo / dotcom crash type hype.

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