SotN #40: Get a Job In Crypto: Rob Paone of Proof of Talent
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🗓️ 31 March 2021
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Rob Paone, aka Crypto Bobby, joins Bankless to tell you how to get a job in crypto.
State of the Nation is live-streamed on Tuesdays at 11am PT
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SotN #40: Get a Job in Crypto
Guest: Rob Paone (Crypto Bobby)
In this week's State of the Nation, we discuss the emerging crypto economy. Rob Paone is the founder of Proof of Talent, a recruiting and search firm that places candidates in professional roles in the crypto space. Few people are more equipped to discuss the job market in the cryptocurrency industry.
Rob is also known by his Youtube persona, Crypto Bobby. He has transitioned into the space's premier career recruiter and is taking advantage of crypto's huge growth potential. In the legacy world, most of the profitable ideas and services have already been capitalized. Crypto exists on the other end of the spectrum, where the market gaps are vast and ripe for opportunity.
Rob's fundamental approach for candidates seeking employment is one of bootstrapping. The market is geared towards those with a technical background, but the key is finding what sets you apart and proving it. Passion and knowledge should naturally turn into finding like-minded communities and contributing.
There is a premium on authenticity, commitment, and value. For those actively seeking a profession in crypto, there are ways to get involved and make yourself invaluable. Are you a tourist, or are you a settler?
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RESOURCES:
Proof of Talent:
https://proofoftalent.co/
Rob on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/crypto_bobby?s=20
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, thanks for the station. Welcome to another episode of State of the Nation. David |
| 0:18.2 | Hoffman and I are really excited to bring to this special episode. We are talking about |
| 0:22.5 | the crypto economy and more specifically the question that's on all of your minds, which |
| 0:28.2 | how do you get a job in the crypto economy? We've got an expert here to talk all about that. David, |
| 0:34.1 | how are you doing today? Absolutely fantastic, Ryan. Another great week to be in the world of crypto. |
| 0:40.0 | We've been beating this drum on the bankless program for a while. There's a new world out there in |
| 0:45.5 | crypto and we need to build this world. Therefore, there needs to be people searching for jobs. |
| 0:51.4 | And so that's something that I believe in and our guest Rob has dedicated his whole career to |
| 0:57.2 | building this out. And so I'm excited to talk to Rob today and to talk about how we can get people |
| 1:02.6 | to enter the world of crypto in a professional capacity. Yeah, guys, if this is your first state |
| 1:08.2 | of the nation, we talk about what's happening in the world of crypto. We try to relate it to big |
| 1:13.4 | picture stuff and then we try to drop some insight and action items for you. So I think the topic |
| 1:18.0 | here is super relevant, which is the economy, the crypto economy. How do you get a job in the crypto |
| 1:23.3 | economy? And we'll have some takeaways about how to brush up your crypto resume, what sort of |
| 1:28.3 | opportunities you can look for and the how of that. This comes at you every Tuesday. We live streaming |
| 1:34.7 | on YouTube. We also broadcast it on the bankless podcast on Wednesdays. David, we should talk about |
| 1:41.8 | a few things that are new in the bankless nation. First up, our episode with Hasu, just simply title |
| 1:48.8 | EIP 1559, no special title because that's all it means EIP 1559. Yeah, we went through every |
| 1:57.2 | single thing that makes EIP 1559 EIP 1559. It's not just the thing that burns E that people know |
| 2:05.0 | it to be, but it also is a slack mechanism. It's also a better UX system. It's also a gas |
| 2:10.4 | management system. It's also a MEV mitigator. There's a lot of different things that make up EIP 1559 |
| 2:17.2 | and Hasu particularly has been really spearheading this effort, getting EIP 1559 integrated into |
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