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The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto

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Re: The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto

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Post by ilamont »

woodruffw wrote: post #2

Excellent editing. I’m an otherwise fervent defender of the NYT (even through its many mistakes), but the lack of basic critical analysis and obvious conflicts of interest in this piece were a bridge too far for even me.

The stat that suggests 20% of adults own crypto was a stunning inclusion, considering there was nothing on the methodology used in the survey, other than the sample size ("2,200 people").

If it was online, how we even know it was that many people?

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Post by 8f2ab37a-ed6c »

Oh yeah, the same Kevin Roose who years ago claimed that early stage startup CEOs made a million (maybe half a million?) a year in cash or something absurd along those lines.

I don't have anything against the guy, but he seems completely disconnected from reality when it comes to his writing. It gets clicks, but it also shows either no interest in doing real research, or the desire the create a one-sided narrative.

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Post by celticninja »

di4na wrote: post #3

Worth adding >>> And in Silicon Valley, engineers and executives are bolting from cushy jobs in droves to join the crypto gold rush. No they do not. I am an engineer in a technology heavily used by crypto projects and they have a really hard time recruiting. Engineers slam the door in their face the moment you tell them the opening is for this industry.

Interestingly this isn't just for engineers. I know someone who was looking at a role offered by a crypto exchange for a company secretary but they were having a hard time attracting people from the traditional finance industry into the realm of crypto.

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Post by xmprt »

catsarebetter wrote: post #8
di4na wrote: post #3

Worth adding >>> And in Silicon Valley, engineers and executives are bolting from cushy jobs in droves to join the crypto gold rush. No they do not. I am an engineer in a technology heavily used by crypto projects and they have a really hard time recruiting. Engineers slam the door in their face the moment you tell them the opening is for this industry.

Yup that statement is factually incorrect, many silicon valley engineers are jumping to web2 tech companies bc the pay is so damn high right now, very few engineers in crypto at the moment.

Not to mention that anytime I see extremely high pay in crypto companies I think the salary is overinflated because they are paying a large portion in tokens.

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Post by vageli »

trhaynes wrote: post #10

Does anyone know if there is a tool or platform that makes it easy to make/publish this type of "leave footnotes on an article"? The UX here is nice and simple, and I think there is utility in sharing feedback this way (vs. blockquotes in email, or Google Docs comments, etc).

I too would like to know. I mailed the author and if they respond I will let you know as well.

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Post by lekevicius »

This format of critique is so snarky and tribalistic. I enjoy it sometimes, particularly John Gruber's "translations from corporate bullshit" articles, but there's no point in denying that this format works best for preaching to the choir, not nuanced analysis. Original NYT article was very biased; so is this one.

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Post by cageface »

di4na wrote: post #3

Worth adding >>> And in Silicon Valley, engineers and executives are bolting from cushy jobs in droves to join the crypto gold rush. No they do not. I am an engineer in a technology heavily used by crypto projects and they have a really hard time recruiting. Engineers slam the door in their face the moment you tell them the opening is for this industry.

Yeah when I was job hunting recently I didn’t even consider any crypto jobs even though there were a lot of listed openings using Rust and I would like to have a chance to work on a real Rust codebase.
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