1/ One thing we're working on at Coinbase is improving our "crypto forward" hiring and culture. A couple quick thoughts on this…
2/ As we've grown as a company, we sometimes haven't had the best reputation for being on the cutting edge of crypto. This makes sense - we grew so quickly, that a lot of time went into just scaling and operationalizing the existing products we have, which was existential for us.
3/ We didn't always have the time to focus on the cutting edge stuff, when we were just trying to keep the existing stuff running. A high quality problem to have, but a problem none the less.
4/ But as we're scaled to meet demand, we have an opportunity to now be much more crypto first culture/hiring wise, which fits nicely with our efforts to embrace decentralization blog.coinbase.com/embracing-dece…
5/ So how are we doing this?
6/ First, we're creating a crypto education program internally (CryptoU), to train up any employee who want to become crypto forward. For instance, you'll be able to learn how to write your first smart contract or create a DAO while working here, if you've never done that before.
7/ There aren't enough crypto forward people in the world to start with, so the first step is probably to help create more. Anyone can become crypto forward (which is why I like this term better than crypto first).
8/ We need to make sure we aren't elitist about it, and help more and more people into the ecosystem as they take their first steps. "Crypto forward" is a badge anyone can earn, not an exclusive club.
9/ Second, we're creating a new career framework for crypto forward employees internally. Crypto forward talent has a different way of working that doesn't always fit neatly in our existing career frameworks.
10/ They may be engaged more broadly in the crypto ecosystem, be advisors to various projects, or just be quirky.
11/ We want to embrace this, and make it possible for any crypto forward person to succeed here (while of course collaborating with all their other colleagues, as one Coinbase - no tribalism).
12/ Third, through our project 10% effort, we are getting a lot more submissions for projects to fund that are crypto forward: for instance DAOs, new protocols, etc. blog.coinbase.com/introducing-pr…
13/ Small teams can run fast toward ambitious problems, utilizing our awesome infrastructure and resources where it helps, and skipping them where they don't.
14/ Finally, crypto talent is unique and needs specialized recruiting, so we’re hiring a Head of Crypto Recruiting.
15/ There are a handful of roles open if these interest you, for example:
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16/ We've got the resources at Coinbase to be a multi-product company, and we have an awesome culture of really smart, ambitious people who are fun to work with.
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17/ At our scale, we don't want to be shipping bleeding edge stuff that puts customers at risk, but we do need to embrace crypto-forward and always be building the future.
18/ Come build the future of the financial system with us if this interests you coinbase.com/careers/positi…
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