A friend left me a message asking: Can you share some content related to blockchain development, because he wants to find some Web3 job in the future.
I don’t really know much about technical development, after all, I’m not a programmer, so I haven’t shared much about this aspect before. But since you mentioned job opportunities in Web3, this is indeed a good topic and development direction.
I remember that in an article shared by Hualihuawai a few days ago (May 28), we also mentioned the great opportunities in the future Web3 field. In addition to investment opportunities, with the development of blockchain and artificial intelligence, there should be many good job opportunities in the Web3 field. And another point is that if you want to participate in Web3 work, you don’t have to start from scratch, because you can easily integrate some of your knowledge or skills in the Web2 field.
When it comes to job opportunities, we might as well make a basic classification of jobs first. Generally speaking, they can be divided into two main types: working in a company and freelance work.
1. Join the company to work (or work remotely)
At present, I don’t know much about domestic Web3-related companies. If you prefer to look for some international or remote job opportunities, you may want to go to Web3Career, Remote Web3 Jobs, Cryptocurrency Jobs and other Web3 recruitment websites (job search platforms) to get some basic understanding, as shown in the figure below.
Let's take Web3Career as an example. I've taken a quick look at it and found that there are a lot of Web3-related job postings, and some of them are in Chinese. I'll simply pick out a few directions that you may find easier to understand:
1) NFT Graphic Designer
Everyone should be very familiar with NFT. As the NFT market continues to mature, some projects will certainly have higher quality requirements for design work. If you are a versatile designer, you might as well take a look at such opportunities. As shown in the figure below.
2) AI Engineer
Artificial intelligence will be one of the most important fields in the next decade, and it will create many new job opportunities. I have taken a rough look and found that AI-related jobs include engineers, product managers, operations, etc. Currently, there may be more recruitment needs for engineers. As shown in the figure below.
3) Data Analyst
Analyst-related work is mainly based on business or market risk analysis, as shown in the figure below.
We have only listed three categories above, but there are actually many other categories with job opportunities, as shown in the figure below.
Overall, the current work in the Web3 field is mainly focused on development and marketing. Moreover, many Web3 companies in the development field no longer emphasize the difference between iOS and Android when recruiting engineers, but prefer talents with Flutter or React Native skills. The marketing field mainly conducts data analysis, product operations, community operations, etc. In addition, compared with the Web2 field, some Web3 companies' recruitment seems to have certain requirements for relevant experience/experience in the blockchain (or finance) field and foreign language skills (good foreign language skills are very important).
2. Freelance work (or side hustle)
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a self-employed person is a mental worker (writer, editor, accountant, etc.) or service provider who is not affiliated with any organization and does not make a long-term commitment to any employer to engage in a certain profession. They find work under their own guidance and often, but not always, work at home. To put this concept simply, a freelancer is someone who employs himself, works independently, does not belong to any organization, does not need to clock in and out of the company, and works on his own profit and loss.
But here I want to expand this concept, that is: as long as it is an independent job with self-financing (hiring oneself) and a subordinate job without any valid contract (such as temporary work, part-time work in someone else's studio, etc.), it can actually be regarded as a freelance job. Of course, I also know that many people will do some side jobs based on their hobbies while having formal jobs (such as being a self-media or teaching part-time), and this kind of side job can actually be classified as freelance work.
I remember a friend asked me a question before: Are you a full-time Web3 now?
If we count the time invested, I can be considered a full-time Web3 developer now. Since my daughter started kindergarten, I have been spending most of my energy on writing articles. When I am not writing articles, I am basically basking in the sun on the balcony (trying to reduce the use of electronic products as much as possible). Apart from that, I don’t seem to have any other hobbies.
When it comes to full-time jobs, people may be more concerned or curious about income. For full-time jobs in companies (or remote work), the income situation in this regard is basically open and transparent. For example, the various job openings on the Web3Career website we mentioned above are marked with salary ranges.
But it is hard to say for full-time freelance work, the income difference may be very large. Some really don’t make much money, and some really can make money. For example, some well-known Internet celebrities in the short video field may earn hundreds of thousands for posting an advertising video and millions for a live broadcast. Some well-known KOLs in the crypto field may also receive tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands for promoting a project. And so on.
It is precisely because of this gap that some freelancers have appeared on the Internet to teach other freelancers how to make money. For example, a certain blogger organizes several so-called self-media training camps, and then teaches you how to do self-media and make money through self-media. Another example is that some bloggers portray themselves as professional analysts or crypto professionals, and teach you how to make money through spot/contract transactions. And so on.
I can only say that in any market, as long as there is demand, there will definitely be supply. There is nothing right or wrong about this matter itself. Even if there is, the wrong thing is definitely not the matter itself, but more likely people’s purpose (the result of being driven by interests).
Since it is difficult to give examples for others, I will use myself as an example.
As a freelancer in the crypto space, my current income mainly comes from two aspects:
- Income from trading
- Income from self-media
In terms of trading, I have been hoarding coins in recent years. The core strategy is actually very simple, which is to perform DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) operations. In addition, I have not made any withdrawals or deposits in recent years (nor do I have any withdrawal or deposit plans in the next few years), and according to existing domestic policies or regulations, it should not be against the law for individuals to hold Bitcoin (virtual currency).
As for self-media, since I don’t accept any project party advertisements or commercial sponsorship advertisements now, I just opened the WeChat automatically embedded system advertisements in the background of the official account (Note: such advertising fees will be automatically deducted when paying in the background). In addition to advertising, because the communication group also has an entry threshold, the threshold rewards of partners (in the nature of sending red envelopes/transfers) can also be counted as self-media income. In addition, there is also a praise button at the bottom of the public article, so occasionally I will receive some online rewards from partners (there is currently no clear regulation in the WeChat background that the income generated by the praise is subject to tax. If it is based on certain conditions and is necessary, I will definitely declare it as soon as possible). In short, the comprehensive addition of these aspects of self-media currently makes about 100,000 yuan per year.
As for myself, as a freelancer, hoarding coins in the crypto field is my main source of income, and self-media can only be regarded as a personal hobby. It’s just that I seldom trade, so I currently invest more time and energy in my hobby (mainly energy consumed by writing articles).
1) We-media related
Therefore, self-media can actually be regarded as a kind of freelance work, you can also try it, and the entry threshold is actually not high. You can start using various self-media platforms with a simple application. However, because the control of domestic platforms is relatively strict, many KOLs are on the external network (such as Twitter).
Although the entry threshold is not high, if you want to be representative, you still need to form your own characteristics. Nowadays, too many self-media are just for attracting traffic, the titles and content are also uneven, and various kinds of plagiarism are also very prevalent.
As for earning income through self-media, the current common ways are roughly as follows:
- Advertising (including rebate recommendations, project promotion, etc.)
- Create a paid group (according to my observation, there are more groups with orders at present)
- Paid subscription (you can view the corresponding content only after paying for the subscription)
- Paid consultation (some bloggers provide online/offline consultation services based on the number of times or duration)
- Paid courses (for example, attracting traffic through free live broadcasts/videos, and then recommending people to buy designated paid video courses)
- Paid materials (for example, bloggers will collect various learning or data materials and then directly package them for provision)
2) Studio related
There are many studios in the Web3 field. The most common ones are probably the airdrop studios. For example, some bloggers (who mainly do airdrops) will set up studios and then find some part-timers to help them do bulk airdrop operations. Moreover, I think such studios are actually mutually beneficial. Bloggers can achieve the purpose of bulk airdrops by finding others to do airdrops for them at a relatively low cost. And those who do airdrops part-time also learn some basic tools and basic skills.
However, the various studios in the Web3 field are relatively scattered, and there is currently no unified platform to aggregate such information, so generally, they are mainly searched through the Twitter platform or in some blogger groups. But one thing that needs to be reminded here is that most studios are individual in nature. When you choose to participate in various so-called Web3 online part-time jobs, you must open your eyes to avoid being deceived. You must find corresponding part-time opportunities through trusted channels (such as recommendations from KOLs you highly recognize or recommendations from acquaintances around you).
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