Crypto is a small industry pretending to be a large one.
The number of people who actually know each other, work alongside each other, and talk about each other is closer to a medium-sized town.
Reputation in this industry is not built in the moments you know are being observed.
It is built in the ones you think are not.
How you behaved when the company was struggling. What you said about people after you moved on. The quality of your work when nobody was checking. How you treated the junior engineer who had no leverage over anything you cared about.
These are the moments that travel. Through conversations at the edges of events. In DMs between people who trust each other. In the brief exchange before a hiring decision where someone asks: do you know anything about this person?
The room where the decision about you is being made is often a conversation you will never be in.
What happens in that conversation depends almost entirely on what you did when you thought nobody was paying attention.
Remote roles are rare these day but they exist.
Hiring for 2 founding engineering roles fully remote!
Looking for a Backend Engineer and a React Native engineer if you're interested please apply via https://t.co/fZFkeK3rw8
Crypto moves fast externally.
But internally, hiring decisions are still very human.
That's why process matters.
Not to slow things down but to make sure the right humans are making the right calls.
The crypto teams that move fastest with hiring
usually move fastest with product too.
It's the same skill.
Clarity about what you need. Conviction when you find it. Speed when it matters.
Early startup hiring isn't really about experience.
It's about belief.
Belief in the product.
Belief in the founder.
Belief in the mission.
You can't manufacture that.
But you can communicate it.
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For every founder who starts a hiring process this week move like the best candidate already has three other offers.
Because they probably do.
Speed in hiring doesn't mean rushing.
It means having enough clarity to make decisions without endless internal debates.
That's usually what separates teams that grow from teams that stall.
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We're Hiring:
Senior BD Lead (New York)
Own the narrative.
Build the audience.
Make the complex feel clear.
Apply via https://t.co/jaBMUYWZNO today
If you're in crypto sales or BD and based in New York, this one's worth a look.
We're Hiring!
Three roles, all New York onsite:
- GTM Lead
- Senior Business Development Lead
- Strategic Partnerships Associate
DMs are open or apply via https://t.co/IlrtlqtNxc today.
Most senior blockchain engineers already have a job.
The real challenge is giving them a reason to leave it.
Salary gets them to the table.
Everything else closes the deal.