Look at it this way: there's a non-zero chance that they ARE involved in something shady, as danielmarkbruce mentions. Or that they'll be unwittingly dragged in

Look at it this way: there's a non-zero chance that they ARE involved in something shady, as danielmarkbruce mentions. Or that they'll be unwittingly dragged into something that didn't look like a scam, but really was. Or even worse, was on the up-and-up at the start, but slowly morphed into a scam. If that happens, you will be tainted. Probably, because it was your first job out of school, it won't be permanent. You can just tell your next employers that you were too naive to pick up on it. The other risk is that you'll pick up a whole range of skills that are effectively worthless in the job market in a few years. Or not. I have no way of knowing. All in all, then, I don't see why you'd want Coinbase on your resume, when you could have something that's an unequivocal plus.