Blockchain Club SRM
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@BlockchainSRM
Student Driven community here to provide quality to web3 space.
there are more than 5 top crypto teams that are hiring an India Lead right now in my dms each team's primary requirement is someone experienced, someone who has done it before someone like a Saumya from Base, Vish from Berachain or Naresh from Aptos (yes most teams have outright name dropped) writing this as a guide for anyone looking to apply for such regional focused roles with a reference to @iamsmitpatel_'s journey to becoming @WormholeFdn's India Lead when teams say they're looking for someone experienced - they are essentially saying they dont want to micromanage this individual and want them to be high agency and get stuff done on their own in this scenario, you need to take initiative and approach them with prework (or let them approach you) > in @iamsmitpatel_'s case, he was part of the wormhole fellowship and had already shown the team that he had all the right skills to help us expand in India (more on how to build these skills below) > i would assume for Saumya, the opportunity arose because he had taken the initiative of starting FBI and the Base team took notice > when i was applying at the foundation, i had a 30 slide deck showing the team how we should be thinking about APAC, it was essentially what anyone would have done on the first week of the job - i had done it pre hand show them you are interested in this position, communicate your thought process and everything you'd do if you were in the hot seat its also important for you to have the right skills to for the job, when teams say that they want someone who has done it before regionally, essentially they want someone - > with experience organising meetups (building community) > with experience organising hackathons (building developer community) > history of writing blogs and tweeting (running socials) > great public speaking skills + presentable (eligible spokesperson) (there are many other skills but i would say these are the most important for an India/Region Lead) now, if you don't have the necessary experience - what should you do? the number one, most needle moving thing is to join the community of the project you'd like to contribute to and fafo like Smit did if you're not in college right now, this is the number one advice i'd give you as you spend time in the community chats and gain trust of the mods - if you propose irl community building events, they will empower you w the right resources to do so but if you are in college, you have an edge right now, there are so many different college clubs that you can work with to - > try and host a web3 meetup > try and host a mini hackathon with a developer club > build relationships with teams through sponsorship asks/inviting them to be speakers at these meetups > gain public speaking experience with your college's toastmasters/debate club these experiences compound during interviews and help portray a history of these skills whats equally as important as acquiring these skills is to post about your contributions frequently on X - people take notice and theres a higher chance you might get inbound great recent example, @etharvv - he started hosting meetups in mumbai with @weareWeb3Mumbai and now is working w Stellar India to help them expand in the region (also a Wormhole India Fellow) this mostly covers Indian ecosystem examples and wins but this thought process is the same for each region specially in APAC good luck!
Sup Tribe, give it up for our Supra Movers Hackathon WINNERS! In first place, we have @CrystaraMarkets who killed it with their NFT Marketplace and Blind Box platform, winning $6,000! 🥇 In second place, we have @wSupFi bringing some serious heat with a unique LST solution, winning $4,000! 🥈 And in third place, we have @SupraScan's blockchain explorer, winning $2,000! 🥉 We also had a great showing from Supratmos, Giga Protocol, and MuPay, who won $1,000 each! 🌟 These projects really stood out among the tons of applications and submissions that came in, and we expect to see a lot more from our winners soon! 🚀
State of DePIN 2024 🧵
