You’re Not Getting Ignored Because You’re Not Good Enough. You’re Getting Ignored Because You’re Playing the Wrong Game. Most people don’t realize it, but 80% of the best jobs in crypto are never posted. They’re filled behind closed doors — through backchannel intros, private

Web3 isn’t “hiring like crazy” anymore. If you were recruiting in 2021, that was chaos — offers flying everywhere, panic hiring, and talent wars every week. Now? It’s calmer. And honestly, it won’t go back to that level of frenzy. Here’s why: AI has taken the spotlight. Don’t

Most crypto startups don’t fail at hiring. They fail after they’ve hired. Why? Because they skip the hard part: designing the right role before filling it. 📉 I’ve seen it over and over again… – A Head of Growth with no KPIs – A Head of Product with unclear ownership – An

Most crypto startups don’t fail at hiring. They fail after they’ve hired. Why? Because they skip the hard part: designing the right role before filling it. 📉 I’ve seen it over and over again… – A Head of Growth with no KPIs – A Head of Product with unclear ownership – An

Crypto job seekers: here is the number of reason why you don't get enough inbound injuries from employers. Fix your headline = fix your job search. What would your headline be? Comment below.

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Time zones matter more than people think. I arrived in Shanghai on Sunday and, after a couple of VPN headaches, I’m back running at full speed. What’s striking is how much faster decisions happen when you’re in the same timezone as your clients. In leadership hiring,

🚀 Building the Next Big HFT Powerhouse – Want In? We’re exclusively scaling a brand-new HFT trading house — and we’re looking for senior & staff-level engineers ($150K–$400K USD) to help shape it from the ground up. ✅ Fully remote. ✅ Cutting-edge low-latency systems. ✅

Why Top Recruiters Don’t Work With You and they give you second had service: Had a founder call me yesterday. “We’ll get three recruiters to find us an AI engineer faster.” “They’ll compete to bring us the best talent.” I asked: “What’s more important — quality or speed?”

‘We don’t use recruiters.’ I hear this time to time. But let’s be honest — companies that say this usually aren’t scaling fast enough to need one. The ones growing fast? They don’t wait for great talent to apply. They hunt for it — because speed and quality of hiring is a

“Persistence beats a bad CV” – absolute nonsense. You can be world-class at what you do, but if your CV doesn’t scream it, you’re invisible. Still sending out 50 applications and hearing crickets? When was the last time you actually read your CV, top to bottom? Bet you’d

🔥 The Crypto Jobs Everyone’s Fighting Over (Do YOU Qualify?) Crypto hiring is exploding again—and some people are cashing in big time just because they picked the right role. In this video, I reveal: ✅ The 5 hottest jobs in crypto & blockchain right now ✅ Why some people are

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Bull market clarity: not every high-fee client is high-impact. We’re lucky to work with two amazing types of partners right now: Client A ✅ Exclusive contingent ✅ £40K fees ✅ Above-market salaries ✅ Clear, consistent roles ✅ We’ve delivered — and continue to ✅ Easy

Curiosity is the godfather of headhunting. A-players don’t respond because you lay out every fact. They respond because you tap into something that sparks curiosity. Because you spot the gap in their career they didn’t even realise was there. Because you make them wonder,

In crypto, people love to say: “It’s all Chinese and Russians.” They say it like it’s a bad thing. Here’s the truth: The reason you see so many Chinese and Russian founders, traders, and engineers at the top is because they’re battle-tested. They’ve grown up in markets where

Ethereum isn’t losing to Solana because of tech. It’s losing because Solana feels alive. The community is hungrier. The builders ship faster. And the user experience is miles ahead. Whether you agree or not, the numbers don’t lie — and Solana’s momentum isn’t slowing down. If

Most crypto founders get burnt by recruiters… and it’s their own fault. Not because they’re bad at running companies. But because they sign with the first “crypto recruiter” who drops into their inbox — without asking the hard questions. Here’s the thing: ❌ Every recruiter