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Ok, if you are an employee : Web 3 opens up flexible, remote, full time and part-time work opportunities while reimagining how humans coordinate and work. This is true for both tech and non-tech roles. Employees with web 3 experience are scarce and one can just stick around and find their true calling in web 3. As more and more demand builds up, you can expect to keep growing personally and professionally. Check out this space – this is how work gets done in Web 3 typically.
If you are a founder/aspiring founder : Web 3 startups characterized by open source software and decentralized ownership and governance have unique advantages to scale compared to web 2 startups. Tokenization allows web 3 startups to eliminate the need for high commissions and rentals, making most platforms and initiatives cost-competitive compared to their web 2 counterparts. Remember, Amazon was once a bookstore that understood the internet better than the other book stores.
If you are a problem solver : Web 3 is in its nascent stages and a lot of infrastructure is yet to be built. The space is new and hence have plenty of problems waiting for innovators to solve them (DAO tooling, DeFi and Gaming UI and UX). In addition to enabling direct transactions between parties without having to pay commissions to middlemen or platforms, Web 3 opens up new ways of transacting between people including for charity and various social sector initiatives. Just look around for a problem in Web 3 – you will most likely have a solution for it. Remember Web 3 is only evolving from Web 2 so you would be familiar with most of the ideas here. And then it’s all about you pursuing to solve the problem and be one of the early specialists in the changing landscapes.
If you are an introvert/extrovert : Web 3 is a heaven for introverts. People coordinate on discord and workflow tools such as notion. One can silently contribute to multiple initiatives without being judged by people left and right. I mean there should be no incentive for anyone in the evolving world to judge someone based on anything other than their work while at work, right? And, almost all web 3 companies are 100% remote. Further, you get a super active community to work with. Web 3 communities maintain a great camaraderie, develop their own peculiar lingo similar to the Web 1 and 2 movement, and make each other’s lives fun while building something productive together. Not to mention, writers like us have several opportunities in Web 3. If you just spend the next few months reading about technologies underpinning Web 3 like blockchain, you can be a writer yourselves. That’s what we did to be honest. And of course with any space, make sure you continue to learn and stay updated.
If you are an artist or designer : $17 Billion USD of NFTs were traded in 2021 as per industry sources. Demand for artists and designers is set to grow with metaverse applications. The artists here use both manual and generative art – which by the way is art with programming. Music NFTs are also gaining popularity.
Blockchain explained with 5 levels of difficulty starting with an explanation for a 5 year old can be seen in this YouTube video
To understand the skills in demand, we analyzed the last USD 2 million in bounties paid out at GitcoinDAO, a blockchain bounty site. The demand and payouts for competent contract/regular developers are disproportionately high. However, contrary to popular opinion, many critical non-technical roles exist in the blockchain.
Let’s focus for a second on writing and research which we writers do all the time. It may now amount to very little compared to programming for instance, but as the ecosystem grows, a Web 3 copywriter can command a comparable salary like other jobs in demand (similar to how we have in Web 2 social media wordl). And as we know, content is the king – be it text, audio or video. You can only do a huge favor by adopting Web 3 as early as you can in our humble opinion. And don’t get us started on marketing opportunities 😀
Side note : Note that Gitcoin is predominantly for the Ethereum ecosystem; hence Solidity bounties are higher. The smart contract languages may change with the ecosystem. Also, we expect analytics bounties to increase as web 3 matures
Thanks to NFTs and Metaverse, artists and designers have loads of opportunities on web 3. Artists need to spend time and effort promoting their art to find buyers. Most artists from communities promote each other on social media. Twitter, clubhouse and discord are the most widely used platforms for networking and promoting art. NFT platforms include :
The Web 3 community has built a dictionary of new lingo. This is partially because web 3 is an attempt to build newer, fairer systems from ground up. And most of us are well embedded in Web 2 today so this helps to make the transition to Web 3 easy.
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are changing the way we work. Most DAOs have weekly onboarding calls and ‘Ask Me Anything’(AMAs) sessions in which one can interact with the team, get to know how to contribute and pass the vibe check.
Metaverse is a gamified, 3D web experience with avatars. Activities in 2D browser apps are expected to be replaced with Metaverse. A lot of human interactions and activities will be possible in Metaverse. Shopping, parties, offices, marriages, conferences – any activity which involves human interaction is possible in Metaverse. Most Metaverse applications are being built in a decentralized setup. Each Metaverse is an economy in itself. Some skills and roles in demand for Metaverse are :
Job websites for crypto:
Side note : As we speak, Shardeum is currently looking for software engineers to join its core developer team. Job will be challenging but fun at the same time. Apply here
Every web 3 protocol/project gives out grants to businesses and dApps to build and develop on their networks. If you are an aspiring founder, funding has never been so easy. Whether your project is in the development stage or in production, look out for grants offered by such Web 3 crypto projects. Sharing few grant programs :
Twitter is a widely used platform by the web 3 community, so much that the community is collectively called Crypto Twitter.
Twitter Communities:
https://stackoverflow.com/ and https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/ are the commonly used support forums for solidity.
A comprehensive library of web3 resources can be found here
Web 3 is for everyone. Web 3 resources are typically free; it takes self-interest to learn and up-skill yourselves. Though the demand and payouts for smart contract engineers and software developers in general are the highest in the market, there are various non-technical skills and opportunities abound as mentioned previously. Grab your chance as soon as you can!
Hard Fork vs Soft Fork | What is Crypto Lending | What is Proof of Stake in Sharding | Decentralized vs Centralized Crypto | Zcash Mining | What is Layer 1 Blockchain | TVL Blockchain | How Lisk Works | EVM Virtual Machines and EVM Chains | Solidity Data Types | Slope Wallet Vulnerability | What is a Blockchain Fork | Types of Decentralization in Blockchain | Physical Layer in OSI Model | What is a Crypto Exchange | Biggest NFT Marketplace | What is Nonce in Blockchain | Types of Distributed Ledger Technology | Fiat Money Advantages | What is Whales in Crypto
Disclaimers : Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s). They do not necessarily purport to reflect the opinions or views of Shardeum Foundation.
Contributors :
Shuwam Rana, Harsha Karanth, Vishwanath Holin contributed to this blog.
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