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by @ljin18
It can be daunting to make a career shift to web3, especially for those who don’t code. This guide aims to help make a career pivot into web3 less ominous. Let’s get started!
☆ Step-by-step guide ☆
1. Start with basics (how & why)
Start here to learn the fundamentals of blockchain and crypto.
2. Consume & create content
Curated information sources so you can stay up to date on web3.
3. Learn by doing
Jump in and use decentralized applications to gain more familiarity with web3.
4. Find your niche
Double down on sub-sectors within web3 that you’re passionate about.
5. Start contributing
Join a DAO to build out your network and start contributing to various communities.
6. Commit to your niche
Find a full-time role or part-time earnings opportunities in web3.
☆ Non-technical skills that are in-demand in web3 ☆
Role | What’s involved | Learn more |
Community building | Engage and educate the community/audience through a variety of formats and channels. | Open roles for community builders |
Content | Write explainers, tutorials, documentation; refine narrative | Open roles for content creators |
Governance | Create proposals, engage on governance forums
| • What is a governance token?
• Forms of governance input
• Examples of governance on Ethereum
Open roles for Governance |
Data analysis | Create on-chain analytics dashboards
| See Variant Fund Partner Spencer Noon’s crash course on on-chain analytics and entering the ecosystem here.
Open roles in data analysis |
Tokenomics | Design tokenomics based on the specific nature of the project | |
Project management | Take notes, summarize community calls, be “a glue person”(h/t @0xJim)
Similar to web2 project management: corralling groups within a DAO / company / protocol to ship projects or community efforts. | Open roles for project managers |
Product management | “Web3 PM emphasizes building, marketing, and iterating rather than planning, managing, and measuring.” (h/t 0xShah) | What is a web3 PM?
Open roles for product managers
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Design | Good design in web3 (_yangyou): 1) aggregates separate views in world of fragmentation 2) protects us against ourselves 3)teaches us about the existing world 4) turns complex concepts into magical ah-ha moments 5) meets sophisticated users where they are | _yangyou - presentation
Open roles in design |
Marketing | web2: "acquiring users"
web3: "recruiting members” (jarroddicker) | Open roles in marketing |
☆ Other helpful resources ☆
- Guide & progress tracker for non-technical people going full-time in crypto by Natalia Murillo
- Immersion Den’s library of topical guides
Steps
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This guide is for information purposes only and is not investment advice. Please do your own research.