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I had a chat with a woman whose kid goes to the same nursery, She's a designer, sometimes web front-end sorta person. She's in a rut and left her job, and is keen to spark up interest and learn new things.
Now, the tricky thing for me in such discussions is that I am clearly not a full-time designer or webnik any more. She only knows - sorta - what I do these days, which is neither of these things. That said, I probably read more on tech development than most people, even many of The Involved, so I have very Strong Opinions on certain matters.
She mentioned that she wished she was better at programming so that she could get involved more in Web3. My heart sank. I asked her what she meant by that and she gave me the usual vague hand-wavy nothingness, regurgitating relevant keywords.
As much as I tried to discourage her pessimism about not being involved, I could tell she didn't credit - at all - what I was trying to tell her.
How could I - who has not made gajillions from Crypto, indeed can't, and most certainly would not - know what the fuck I'm talking about when the greater media sphere is knicker-twist dampened by all the cash sloshing around?
And this is how hype is able to run amok, irrespective of underpinnings, relevant or otherwise.
- *same nursery as my kid.
I don't go to nursery any more - I learnt not to after The Incident back in 2012.Nairn - LOLpalimpsest
- Web 3 in three words.... go! :shapesalad
- is she hot?********
- Web3 - a made-up thing that serves the real-life purpose of giving the crypto industry an argument against regulation, as regulation 'harms innovation'.monNom
- Somehow, I think that is also Facebook's play with 'building the metaverse'. "If you break us up, talent will flee to freer jurisdictions and you will miss out"monNom
- I'd tell anyone fed up with client based design work to go work for a tech company. Better pay, better work/life balance, no clients doing your head in.microkorg
- Yes you wont get to go on cool shoots and shit or attend the DADI's anymore but personally it's a fuckin decent trade-in.microkorg
- And do any 'web 3' stuff as a hobby until you realise how you can make money in it.microkorg
- *same nursery as my kid.