Credentials and experience remain important, but they are most effective when combined with observable outputs.
By Ben Wu, a16z
Translated by Chopper, Foresight News
Cryptocurrencies emerged not merely to reinvent money or move databases onto blockchains. They represent a deeper transformation: a shift from opaque systems to mechanisms that are directly inspectable, verifiable, and analyzable. Code is open and transparent; transaction settlement is predictable; rules are enforced by objective, non-subjective software.
Yet when it comes to hiring, many builders who design these very systems quietly forget these principles. Crypto hiring remains surprisingly traditional: academic credentials, pedigrees from top-tier companies, and endorsements…
