Jacob Kerr

@jakerr.eth

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I’m writing down a list of tips/behaviors for high performance operating. E.g. Close the loop. If you say you’re going to do something — do it. And then tell the person you did it.” What are your best high-performance operating behaviors?

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#1 skill as a founder 💪

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I remember @mikedemarais.eth tweeting about hiring, inspired me to work that much harder to try and keep up

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Poach? no, never

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Who are the best recruiters in crypto? (Bonus points if they’re a founder)

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Great to meet you as well!

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Product design!

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I'm looking for the *best* designer that wants to help shape tools and products for the entire crypto industry. I'm open to folks who want to chat -- either as candidates or for networking purposes. Who should I talk with?

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I have infinite appetite for DevOps

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The crypto ecosystem is so small ... your reputation goes very very far. When recruiting for certain roles, particularly senior/exec and highly specialized technical roles ... the real strategy is to just network your way to the elite talent and nerdsnipe them on your problem space.

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A great marketing lead for dev tool company is on the market -- anyone looking for their next Head of Marketing?

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Every team has different opinions on this. I think most would be happy to bring on strong web2 folks with an interest in crypto. Certain teams/roles require deeper crypto exp. My observation is if a team is doing novel crypto work (ZK, rollups, MEV, etc.) they tend to want prior experience in web3.

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Broadly, yes. Anyone with skills traditionally found in web2 that can be used in web3, and I include graphic/visual designers. Most likely teams want this on a contract basis because they may not have a full-time need for it OR they try to roll this in a Product Design role that can do a bit of graphic on the side.

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I would check VC job boards and marketing/design centric websites -- Read.cv and Dribble are a good start, but there are others.

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Agreed on a poor image/perception of web2 talent. I think most view the industry as interesting technically with few real use cases outside of scams and ponzi schemes. And agreed on lack of experience building teams -- most founders are technical research/eng/product and learning recruiting 101.

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Both. Teams spend a ton of time doing outreach, filtering, and interviewing to get the right match. Candidates are in a tough job market. Web2 not aggressively hiring outside of AI, which is Uber competitive. Web3 is just picking up but teams are picky.

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I'm curious if this tracks with others experiences/perspective or if folks are seeing anything else.

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My experience so far: - Demand for web3 talent is up through Q1. - Most open roles: product/eng/design and GTM (BizDev + marketing). - Supply of talent entering web3 is flat; web2 talent hard to attract. The next 3-6 months will be a slog until crypto gets back into mainstream and we see an influx of new talent.

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How does everyone do their crypto taxes?

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