You ever scroll through your notifications, dashboards, or inbox and suddenly stumble across a server, beta list, DAO, or waitlist... and just pause for a second thinking, “Wait… I already signed up for this?”
Yeah… that’s been me. Not once in a while but every week. Welcome to the reality of working in Web3. The illusion of constant activity is not only an illusion! We work 24/7 because we don't want a 9 to 5 job!
From the outside, Web3 looks fast and endlessly innovative. There’s always a new platform launching, a new protocol promising to change everything, or a new community forming around the “next big thing.”
But behind the scenes it can feel like controlled chaos. You’re juggling multiple Discord servers you barely remember joining, then the beta access links buried in old messages!
It's easy to get lost in the dashboards when you think you're full-time in Web3. You hustle for outcomes that you can't predict and you often feel like your brain will explode!
DAOs you voted in once and forgot about come with endless dashboards and tracking things you thought mattered! It’s not just noise... it’s layered noise that goes on and on!
If you’re not careful, you start confusing activity with actual progress. There’s this idea that working in Web3 is all freedom, flexibility, and upside. And sure, those things exist but so does the reality!
Web3 is messy and unstructured, and often we go in uncharted territories! Half the time, you’re figuring things out as you go because there’s no clear playbook and no guaranteed outcomes.
You have to build your own path and that’s exciting, but also exhausting. However... when you're tired... tap into the power of your team! Tap into the power of being around smarter people!
One thing I learned quickly in Web3 is that the hustle is real but who you surround yourself with matters more than anything. The "team" and the "degens" are a blessing!
Being in rooms, or calls, with people who are sharper, more experienced, or just think differently... it’s a blessing! Because in Web3 you don’t grow through formal training but you grow through exposure.
You grow by seeing how others break down ideas, watching how they spot opportunities, learning how they filter signal from noise. That environment forces you to level up whether you’re ready or not.
However, the reality of “Team Calls” hits different. Let’s be honest about something else and agree that not every moment is inspiring. I remember those mandatory team calls.
You join. Turn the mic on. “Hey everyone.” Mute yourself. Then what? You drift. Check other tabs, make some memes, scroll those dashboards, or work on something else.
Half-listen to stuff so the hour passes, then you unmute just to say “Alright, see you guys!” and leave! Rinse and repeat so the salary goes on! It wasn’t always engaging and wasn’t always productive.
Sometimes it felt like you were just present rather than actually contributing. But even in those moments of ignorance... something was happening in the background!
You were still part of the ecosystem... you were still absorbing how things worked... or didn’t! The secret is to find your role in the noise, and learn how to make it count!
I was an ambassador, a co-founder, a content lead, program manager... you call it! But protocol researcher sounds much cooler! In theory sounds serious... and sometimes it was.
Digging into projects, understanding mechanisms, breaking down ideas. Most of the time... I was just trolling on X! I was posting a lot! Not polished threads, not overly technical breakdowns... just... stuff!
And weirdly... that mattered! Why? Because in a space that often takes itself too seriously, being human stands out. Rule number one in crypto? Never take anything for granted!
Here’s the thing about my Web3 experience so far... isn’t clean or predictable but that’s part of its appeal. You can make money... but you can easily lose more money than those you gained!
Yes, you’ll forget what you signed up for. Yes, you’ll sit through calls that go nowhere. Yes, you’ll question what you’re actually doing sometimes. But you’ll also meet people!
You learn faster than you expected, and you meet people who change how you think... you meet people who change who you are! My advice is to find a way to contribute even if it’s unconventional.
Totally off-topic but this is exactly the kind of random thought that lives rent-free in my head. You know those cleaning sprays that proudly claim they “kill 99% of germs”? Sounds impressive and reassuring!
Like you’ve just wiped out an entire microscopic civilization with one confident spray. But then there’s that 1% which stays unamazed by the spray's mass destruction!
That stubborn, unbothered, absolutely unkillable 1% that just… survives. Just standing there like “Yeah, nice try.” I can’t help but think that one germ... that’s basically Duncan MacLeod!
The Ultimate Survivor Energy and if you know you know! Duncan MacLeod... the Highlander? Immortal and unfazed, walking through centuries like it’s just another Tuesday.
Everyone else? Gone! Empires? Fallen. Trends? Forgotten. But him? Still there. You’ve got this full-on chemical assault happening and absolute chaos for 99% of the population.
Then there’s just one tiny survivor, leaning against the surface like ... there can be only one! It’s a survival story... the comeback arc and a legend in the making. Still Duncan MacLeod!
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