Ethan

2025 was a banger

@niccruzpatane This is a mindset that scales engineering teams. Engineers gravitate towards leaders who think in decades, not hype cycles

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said this 22 years ago: “I don’t need to change the world overnight. I’m going to change the world over the next 50 years. I don’t need to build a killer product overnight. I just need to build a winning product. And the goal of winning is so that you can play again. It’s just like pinball, OK? If you could just play well enough to get another game, you could be there for a long time. Most companies just need to realize that, in fact, this is a long road and that you can’t build that perfect product. So once you do that, then you keep the project’s scope confined. You keep the project now simple. You have a long-term vision, but your product definition is rather simple. You execute flawlessly on that because your people now can execute flawlessly on a simple plan, and you come back and do it again.”

@solana @NEARProtocol Aaaaand another W for Solana

BREAKING: $NEAR, the @NEARProtocol token, is now live on Solana 🔥

The holidays are perfect for light-touch networking. No pitch, no ask. Just reconnect and wish people well. A simple "Hope you're doing well heading into the holidays" message can reopen doors far more effectively than a cold outreach.

One takeaway from Solana Breakpoint: The demand for engineers who understand performance, distributed systems, and on-chain infra is only accelerating. What were some of the biggest takeaways you all noticed?

@solana @coinbase Wow. Huge news to kickoff Breakpoint

Every Solana token will be available instantly to trade by 100 million users on @coinbase. Solana is the new standard.

Crypto conferences are great, but they can be noisy. A few things to focus on are what teams are actually shipping, what challenges keep coming up, and where infra still needs help. Focusing on some of these key factors can reveal where hiring demand will spike next

@solana Very excited to see the insights and conversations that emerge here. Always interesting to watch how these discussions end up shaping the next wave of builders

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@AlanaDLevin The long cycle view in this is great. From the recruiter seat, it's interesting to see how these macro themes map to what candidates are optimizing for in their next move.

Excited to publish my Crypto Trends Report for 2025! It frames crypto’s growth as a story of 3 compounding s-curves: asset creation, asset accumulation, and asset utilization The report applies this lens across five key thematic areas – macro, stablecoins, centralized exchanges, onchain activity, and frontier markets – to predict where the industry may be headed

Interview tip: Come prepared with at least 3 stories 1. A win you're proud of 2. A problem you've solved 3. A challenge that taught you something Everything else builds from there

@Kalshi @solana @AxiomExchange Tokenizing prediction markets on Solana is a major step forward. Looking forward to seeing how builders leverage this!

Tokenized predictions powered by Kalshi are live on @Solana $2M+ in builder grants are open, @AxiomExchange is next, and more chains coming soon. Welcome to the "Powered by Kalshi" era.

Holiday hiring tip for candidates: Don't wait for the New Year to job hunt. The smart offers are made before January 1st

Communicating culture and mission should be a top priority for companies looking to bring on strong engineers. Engineers in crypto/trading/AI want autonomy and clarity, not micromanaged tasks. Emphasize learning, ownership, and infrastructure challenges.

Engineers from trading are moving into crypto infra because the performance challenges feel familiar. Engineers from crypto are learning low latency because real-time settlement demands it. If you could pivot from one to the other, which path would you take?

If you're hiring in Web3 and relying on comp alone, you're already losing. Your employer brand is what matters most.

@CoinMarketCap Growth like this means opportunity - not just for users, but for builders. Web3 talent is in huge demand. DM me if you want a hand in figuring out what teams are hiring right now.

LATEST: ⚡ Wormhole Labs has launched Sunrise, a new Solana-native listing platform that allows assets to launch on the blockchain with immediate day-one liquidity, starting with Monad's native MON token.

@solana Moments like this shape how top builders think about where to work. Another win for Solana!

MON is now available to trade on your favorite Solana app.

The best candidates I talk to aren't "looking." They're listening. They want challenge, ownership, and teams that actually ship. If that's you - what kind of problem would make you raise your hand?

The best time to prep for your next job isn't when you're actively searching - it's when things are quiet. Because by the time the market flips, the best roles will already be filled.

Low latency engineering is a lost art. If you understand CPU cycles, memory, and network bottlenecks, you’re already ahead. The best engineers know performance is product.