Thread by @APompliano

I can’t believe I even have to address this, but here we go.

One of my goals is to help 10,000 people get hired in the bitcoin and crypto industry.

We have helped 100+ people get hired already and figured out a model that works.

Here is more info 👇🏼

1/ We started with a job board where companies can pay to list their open roles.

People can come for free to apply. Literally hundreds of thousands of applications have been submitted.

One company hired 30+ people off the job board this year, which is 4% of their workforce.

2/ Next, HR teams said they found great talent but not enough crypto knowledge.

We worked with HR teams to build a training program to help educate people.

One major company pays for every new employee to go through the program.

3/ Students in this training program have been hired at Kraken, Strike, BTC Inc, Coinbase, Gemini, BlockFi, Anchorage, etc.

Simply, the program works well.

We also try to get companies to pay for scholarships as well to make it accessible.

4/ The reason that there is a cost to the program is because we have a number of employees that I need to pay and costs to cover.

I personally teach every class to cut down on costs, including some days 3+ hours of teaching.

It is time well spent to help people get jobs.

5/ As part of the program, we noticed that a large percent of the students were male.

When we talked with HR teams and prospective students, we kept hearing that we should start a women-focused course as well.

Even graduates from the program asked us to do the women’s program.

6/ The Bitcoin for Women course is taught by @natbrunell and features talks by a number of the amazing women across the crypto industry.

We were able to secure 20% of students a free scholarship thanks to @Okcoin and Skybridge’s support.

APPLY here: btcforwomen.com

7/ The first cohort of the program will only have 50 students so we can make sure that we provide a great experience.

I know the program works because we have the data to prove it.

If someone can build something better, please do. I’ll happily promote it for them.

8/ We’re doing our best to scale up our team and create more effective programs.

We can’t promise everyone will be hired, but we already have a very solid track record.

We’ll continue to share more information over time as we learn more.

The goal is 10,000 people hired 🙏🏼

9/9 I appreciate that everyone has an opinion about how to do this.

We’re not always right but we do our best.

Ultimately, the holy grail will be 100% of students covered by companies in the industry but reality is we’re not there yet.

Want to sponsor students? DMs open.