Bitcoins worth more than gold
- Starving Pelican
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Question for the tech nerds. Aren't there a vast number of cryptocurrencies in circulation? If so, even if the theory that crypto will become big proves correct, how do we know that Bitcoin will come out on top? Think about the rise of social media - we had Friendster, MySpace and Facebook, but Facebook emerged triumphant.
Another question for the smart boys like Starkey.
Does anyone know of a qualification one can get - one that gives you a bit a paper at the end - in blockchain tech?
Does anyone know of a qualification one can get - one that gives you a bit a paper at the end - in blockchain tech?
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- MerkinMaker
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I covered this quite extensively on this thread:Starving Pelican wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:27 amQuestion for the tech nerds. Aren't there a vast number of cryptocurrencies in circulation? If so, even if the theory that crypto will become big proves correct, how do we know that Bitcoin will come out on top? Think about the rise of social media - we had Friendster, MySpace and Facebook, but Facebook emerged triumphant.
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- MerkinMaker
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That's not how the software industry works, it's based almost entirely on reputation rather than qualification. The reason being is that the tech updates far more quickly than a college curriculum. So it's all about being self-taught.
If you're on the tech side of things and you want to build that reputation then you would begin contributing to open source projects in the space and building up your GitHub profile.
If you are more interested in the business side of things then start attending conferences/meetups and networking.
True that. It moves so fast.starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:46 amThat's not how the software industry works, it's based almost entirely on reputation rather than qualification. The reason being is that the tech updates far more quickly than a college curriculum. So it's all about being self-taught.
If you're on the tech side of things and you want to build that reputation then you would begin contributing to open source projects in the space and building up your GitHub profile.
If you are more interested in the business side of things then start attending conferences/meetups and networking.
Imagine paying big money this year for a 3-year compootah science degree with text books written in 2017 and published in 2019.
Ah well. I shall direct my boy to github. Does it have porn?
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- MerkinMaker
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A good place to start learning is Udemy. There are lots of courses there.
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- Starving Pelican
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You know the industry better than I do, but I do understand that you'll be held back if you lack some sort of semi-relevant undergraduate degree. Even if it's, say, Finance. When heads need to roll, they need to select candidates, and often the only way to do so is by looking at basic elements such as those with tertiary degrees vs those without. I've heard that this very much applies to the software/tech industry.starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:46 amThat's not how the software industry works, it's based almost entirely on reputation rather than qualification. The reason being is that the tech updates far more quickly than a college curriculum. So it's all about being self-taught.
If you're on the tech side of things and you want to build that reputation then you would begin contributing to open source projects in the space and building up your GitHub profile.
If you are more interested in the business side of things then start attending conferences/meetups and networking.
I never met anybody in tech who knew what they were talking about and had a degree in finance.
Programming blockchain related services doesn’t have anything to do with finance at all.
Programming blockchain related services doesn’t have anything to do with finance at all.
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It was more a reference to a need for an undergrad degree.
I can't remember which huge company it was, but one of the giants, decided they needed to lose about 40% of their staff in 2009.Starving Pelican wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:58 amYou know the industry better than I do, but I do understand that you'll be held back if you lack some sort of semi-relevant undergraduate degree. Even if it's, say, Finance. When heads need to roll, they need to select candidates, and often the only way to do so is by looking at basic elements such as those with tertiary degrees vs those without. I've heard that this very much applies to the software/tech industry.starkmonster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:46 amThat's not how the software industry works, it's based almost entirely on reputation rather than qualification. The reason being is that the tech updates far more quickly than a college curriculum. So it's all about being self-taught.
If you're on the tech side of things and you want to build that reputation then you would begin contributing to open source projects in the space and building up your GitHub profile.
If you are more interested in the business side of things then start attending conferences/meetups and networking.
They simply got some bloodhound information archaeologists to go through the CVs of everyone they wanted to boot. Pretty much every one had an untruth in it so out they went.
Which of us hasn't window dressed his CV a little.
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That might be the case for a company that has in house software development capacity, but that isn't the core of their business (aka they don't know what they're doing). Everywhere else that would never happen.Starving Pelican wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:58 amYou know the industry better than I do, but I do understand that you'll be held back if you lack some sort of semi-relevant undergraduate degree. Even if it's, say, Finance. When heads need to roll, they need to select candidates, and often the only way to do so is by looking at basic elements such as those with tertiary degrees vs those without. I've heard that this very much applies to the software/tech industry.
With software development every line of code you have ever written has been recorded and time stamped. When it comes time to drop the axe it's easy to have senior people review the last few months work and order the short list by skill and output.
My knowlege of cryptocurrencies is that they are decentralized and therefore no governments or financial institutions can control them.
This is why they'll be outlawed before they ever take over the current situation.
This is why they'll be outlawed before they ever take over the current situation.
"Goodness me! Now STD free..."
Don’t worry. When cryptocurrencies are outlawed, you can use tin foil as a medium of exchange instead.
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