The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
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The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
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Re: The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
#2Excellent 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.
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#3Worth 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.
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#4Quoting a 2017 book about how thinly traded bitcoin is? I appreciate the concept but it doesn't always feel like it rounds out the takes. (FTR, I appreciate it's thin enough to make market cap misleading, but up-to-date liquidity figures would be helpful if we're trying to criticize market cap)
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#5This format is interesting at first but when it starts getting to 5 paragraphs of dissecting each phrase, it gets too much. Reminds me of the someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet, point-by-point-repliers in internet forums circa 2006.
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Re: The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
#7Excellent 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.
Yeah I'm generally open-minded to NYT articles (I'm still a subscriber, but at the please-dont-cancel-your-subscription-yet discount rate). When I read their "Crypto 101" guide last week, I only made it about halfway before quitting. I know a few things about crypto, but I just could not imagine how the NYT's explainer would clarify things for absolute beginners. Glad I wasn't totally off when thinking it felt a bit too upbeat and abstract.
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#8Worth 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.
Re: The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
#9Worth 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.
Working for a crypto startup can be a negative on your resume/CV as well.
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#10Does 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).