So it was on hype during 20212023 and everybody said that its the new Internet. And now nobody is talking about. So people who were "Web3 developers", what are you doing now? Are you still working ...

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So it was on hype during 2021-2023 and everybody said that its the new Internet. And now nobody is talking about. So people who were "Web3 developers", what are you doing now? Are you still working on Web3?

People who Web3 developers what are you doing now?

Software Engineer

People who Web3 developers what are you doing now?- Grapevine

What are your must-know insights, recommended resources, or lessons from your own Web3 transition In 2-3 months?  Drop your wisdom in the comments

Tips for web2 to web3

Software Developer

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Around 2020 there were lots of Web3 based startups that raised funding but now they are rarely in mainstream news. What happened?

What happened to Web3?

Anyone in the industry can give brief about how web3 is projecting towards future . Is it good to join startups who are building blockchain solutions ?
As a student I can see a lot of investment is being done in blockchain , single hackathon having prize money of $500K which is insane .
So being the software engineers , how you look into the future . 
If any web3 Dev here what sort of work you do for the company you working for .

Thanks in advance ☺️

Web3 Dev Roles in the market

I have been in web3 development for quite sometime. But I feel like I have completely lost touch with web2 . 

Do you still want to get into web3 knowing this?

Do you want to work in web3?

I'm a final year undergrad student looking for full time opportunities, preferably in web3. I have 3 years of production level coding experience but am a beginner in web3. Any opportunities i could onboard?

Full time for web3 beginners

I just curious for web3 , should I invest my time in learning web3?

Future of web3?

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Lately, I have been thinking very deeply about my college days when the Flipkart story had inspired the entire lot of my batch at IIT-D. We were starry eyed college kids who wanted to do something innovative in India and break away from the "three" most popular moves after IIT:

1. UPSC
2. MBA
3. MS/PhD abroad

I proceeded to then work in various Indian startups and noticed an alarming thing. I began to realise a pattern across all my stints:

The initial founding team does exceptional work innovating, they excel at what Thiel calls "Zero to One", the act of creation. I will concede that although most founders fail to innovate by often copying what worked in the west but the initial founding team usually excels in execution. It allows for initial traction as it breathes a fresh breath in the\ space that they are operating in.

Almost always, when Product Market Fit is "achieved"(whatever that means), the founders begin to deploy insane amounts of funds into growth. 

By definition, Growth is not a bad thing. But, I have been noticing that across all startups I have worked at( all raised funds from the largest global funds) that it comes at the expense of product building. And during this era of hypergrowth, the product starts to stagnate while focus becomes marketing and sales. 

I often felt that this was temporary. That once we reach enough scale, we would start to innovate again. 
But time and time again, the ability to innovate atrophies over time.
Rather than building something that has enduring value by executing faster than anyone, the focus becomes achieving growth at all costs. 

This ultimately leads to two outcomes:
1. The startup cannot sustain this growth and retention begins to look dire. The churn becomes unbearable and the startup goes out of business.

2. The startup gets acquired by someone bigger, allowing founders and investors to believe that they created value where none existed in the first place.

I am completely dejected at this.

The Death of Indian Innovation: Why Indian Start Ups are failing to Innovate?

Growth Manager

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Web3 is wild 🐊

[TLDR: Should I start learning web3 stuff and ditch the Android path, please read my 3 questions below(at the bottom) to answer my doubts ]

I am currently a 2nd year student in 3rd semester, in my 1st year I explored a bunch of domains like web development, front-end stuff, cyber security like Metasploit, app development, cloud(Aws)

I decided to stick to app development and learned Flutter and in 4 months of learning and side-by-side project building I landed my first remote internship(India only) and it will end this coming November around the 10th or so, 

I have figured out I don't like the front end at all and now I don't see myself as an app dev because I don't enjoy working on this 

I am thinking of switching to web3 tech stack which has things like working on eth, and Solana blockchains etc., this field piques my interest on a philosophical level which is one my prime motivators for all the actions I take related to my career besides money

Here are my questions (senior people also please bestow me your wisdom) 

1) I learned Flutter which is relatively easy to other frameworks in 4 months and got an internship, is my speed good? I was a commerce student in school with basically no coding knowledge  before college and I have heard you need to adapt fast, do you think this is good enough or I should improve in this area

2) Should I start learning web3 and ditch the app dev path, I am thinking of committing to web3 for these 2 coming years because I will graduate in 2026, and my college has no placement, I have learned solidity for now.

3) If I stick to web3 for a few years and become proficient at it, will it affect the money in my career because by 2 years I will have huge family responsibilities

Web3 or App dev path, any wisdom will be appreciated

Is there any significant real world use case of Blockchain?
Apart from being a investment instrument that randomly goes up and down.

I think it may have some very very niche use cases, but not like what crypto marketing kids keep shouting. Trying to shove it everywhere.

It's been so long but still we haven't seen any real public product built with it, that does some real problem. Apart from all the scams.

I stil think it is a solution searching for a problem.


P.S.- I have written smart contract and other tech for NFT companies that made a ton of money during last bull run, so I know the ecosystem a bit.

What problem does Web3 solve?

People who have experience working on it, could you share some insights?

How good is the web 3 domain to work in?

Product Designer

Remember when I was in college, we had a really great hackathon culture, being conducted offline in Bangalore. AngelHack, Amazon Sambhav, FutureSkills by Nasscom, Ideathon. 

After COVID hit and Web3 became a buzzword, all I see is web3 hackathons where folks just copy a pre-written smart contract from GitHub and it doesn't even work. Most of these are online where you don't even get to see what others have built.
I have seen someone winning 3rd prize by showing Figma prototype 🤦‍♀️. Same goes for meetups as well.

Really miss the days where we had no clue on Friday what we're going to build and coming home with $500 in prize on Monday mornings.


If you're aware of any good hackathons happening this year, please let me know.

🕵‍♀️Web3 and COVID killed Hackathon Culture

Web3 bros get back to work

Product Marketing Manager

I might probably regret this especially since I’ve seen a lot of backlash on this platform for crypto. 

But honestly, this has been a rewarding stint. And note that I didn’t say “crypto” as I don’t always advice people to invest in crypto. 

AMA!

I’ve been working in blockchain for the past three years and still here. AMA!

I didn't see any hiring thread specifically for product designers. Most are catered towards engineering and PM roles.

If your company has any openings or if you come across any good openings please mention here. Will be valuable for everyone

I'm also looking out. I have 4.5 YOE currently working at a product company (not Capgemini)

Cheers!

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