Turning Down a Blockchain Job Offer
While turning down the job is just fine, here&#x27;s what happened instead:<p>- Someone else with similar capabilities as OP&#x27;s probably took the job.<p>- This person will make significantly more money than what OP will be making (as OP points out)<p>- This person will have learned way more about the implication of the technology, whether it actually is as bad as what mainstream media says or if those are all coming from ignorance.<p>Even if this whole Bitcoin thing comes crashing, accepting a job that&#x27;s much higher paying, and lets you explore a new edge technology, all while being able to work remotely, all sound like a game you can&#x27;t lose.<p>p.s.<p>All this narrative about how proof of work == global warming, and how bitcoin won&#x27;t work because of such and such are mostly based on lack of deep knowledge.<p>Sure, they say &quot;yeah i&#x27;ve read the whitepaper and I totally understand how it works&quot;, but that&#x27;s not enough. I&#x27;ve been there and now that I know more about it I feel ashamed of blabbering my mouth to people about these things because to people who actually know things, these words immediately turn on red flag and they mentally mark you as &quot;don&#x27;t know what you&#x27;re saying&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s funny how most people who criticize bitcoin and blockchain for all these things actually haven&#x27;t gone deep enough to have the expertise to say these things. They are basing their &quot;opinions&quot; on what someone else--who is most likely also less than enough informed--said.<p>If you really want to talk shit about Bitcoin, at least spend about a month, learning everything possible. Otherwise you&#x27;ll be ashamed of yourself ever saying those things (just like I did) when maybe later on in your life you learn more about the technology.<p>[Edit] To those who are saying: &quot;if you know so much, why don&#x27;t you just show us what you&#x27;ve got? Prove to us that proof of work can work&quot; or things like that, if it was that simple to explain in a single comment, would I say learn for one month? (Actually one month is not even enough. It took me a full 3 months of doing nothing but teaching myself to get even closer to understanding the landscape) Even if I did my best to explain to you here, I would fail to convince you because it not only involves technology but everything around the ecosystem. I&#x27;m not trying to be condescending. I&#x27;m saying do yourself a favor and teach yourself wth is going on so that you can make informed decisions about whether you do want to jump in or not. Don&#x27;t believe what uninformed people are saying.