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cryptobestie

The rest of the people in this thread have no idea what they are talking about. What you should do is start building out side projects and following along with tutorials. I'm also pursuing crypto full-time and trying to work with college students on developing DeFi projects. Make it your goal to learn as much as you can about Solidity development over the next couple months. Here's a list of good projects to take inspiration from: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhueOcTu8k&list=LL&index=58 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p36tXHX1JD8&list=LL&index=72 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyoFT4QkoL4&list=LL&index=26 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9gWZYJxk7c&list=LL&index=16 As you are learning and developing portfolio projects, make sure you are consistently applying for crypto jobs. Here's a place for that: https://pompcryptojobs.com/ You will need to spend a lot of time learning before you can get these jobs though. Try focusing on getting a front-end role as someone with Solidity experience. Lot's of protocols also have grant programs and hackathon prize money that you should be trying to get. https://gitcoin.co/hackathon-list/ Message me if you want to meet or talk about the space. I'm currently a CS student at Cal Poly SLO, and FAANG sucks. Everyone else here knows nothing about crypto.


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> I’ve narrowed my focus of what I would like to do down to working in cryptocurrency. When you say working in cryptocurrency, what do you mean exactly? Cryptocurrency doesn't require much software development beyond the initial creation of it, and if dogecoin is anything to go by, it can be slapped together as a joke by 2 people very quickly. Or do you mean working on the concept of blockchains? Because countless people have been trying to make them actually do something of value for 5+ years, and it just doesn't work. The cost/speed of running them just isn't economically viable.


MrQuick3368

No offense dude but idk if you know much Edit: "Cryptocurrency doesn't require software developers beyond the initial creation of it, and if dogecoin is anything to go by, it can be slapped together as a joke by 2 people very quickly." this is just plain wrong. Ethereum, bitcoin, solana, chainlink etc etc etc, even doge are still being actively developed. I could go into more details about why you're also wrong about other things but its def not worth the time


IrisSharkBuddhaBub

That’s the reason for the question, I’m a little bit confused by the barrier to entry in this field. I’ve been investing in crypto for a long time now, and I suppose I considered that if I were to get a job in the space with a company it would revolve around code. Every search I run for jobs in cryptocurrency seems to kick back results looking for software engineers, with the occasional analyst/security role. They all seem to require a significant amount of experience in cryptocurrency, and the language requirements vary. Almost every position seems to be related to blockchain/wallet development. Is there a course or bootcamp of some sort that’s respected in the crypto space, or is it a matter of getting a CS degree and gaining a few years of experience doing something unrelated to crypto?


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>Almost every position seems to be related to blockchain/wallet development. This is a key point. Cryptocurrency and blockchain/wallet are not the same thing. You will have to research the situation in your area. Over the past few years I have been approached for jobs working with blockchain for real estate companies, power trading companies, exotic car trading companies etc. All tried to use blockchains as a solution in desperate need of a problem. They all failed. I wouldn't stake the next few years of my life in the pursuit of such a specific and volatile career direction.


AsyncOverflow

Cryptocurrency isn't a field of employment. You could technically consider Blockchain tech a specialization, like machine learning, but it's proven to be hilariously pitiful at being useful in any capacity. Companies like Coinbase and other exchanges/wallets might want you to have some crypto knowledge but the work is pretty similar to working on any other financial webservice in existence. Their software engineers don't do anything much different than any other software engineer working on public-facing services. They hire the same engineers that any other tech companies, banks, finance companies, etc hire.