Hi, I'm Samson, a community manager, youth worker, content creator, and avid learner from Vancouver.

This is the REAL future of web3 gaming
This is an expanded post of the original Twitter thread. Link to the tweet at the bottom of the blog. Please give it a like and retweet! On Tuesday July 5th 2022, I went to Proof of Play: Reimagining The Gaming Industry hosted by Chainlink Canada, a smart contract company with on and off chain resources. The topic was "GameFi", or how we can implement web3/tokenization/asset ownership into games. Here are my takeaways from the chat:The onboarding process is still way too much for people outsi...

This is the REAL future of web3 gaming
This is an expanded post of the original Twitter thread. Link to the tweet at the bottom of the blog. Please give it a like and retweet! On Tuesday July 5th 2022, I went to Proof of Play: Reimagining The Gaming Industry hosted by Chainlink Canada, a smart contract company with on and off chain resources. The topic was "GameFi", or how we can implement web3/tokenization/asset ownership into games. Here are my takeaways from the chat:The onboarding process is still way too much for people outsi...

I left child and youth care to go into tech startups. Here's what I learned in my first 3 months.
Your first question might be: why? Well the answer is quite simple. Even with a BA, close to 10 years working in various child and youth care (CYC) contexts, and an extensive resume, my annual net income working in the local school district was $30,000. Now thirty grand is not a small amount of money. But to live in Vancouver, it’s really cutting it close or next to impossible. My options were to go get my masters (which is another large sum of money) or find new work. I chose the latter. I a...

I left child and youth care to go into tech startups. Here's what I learned in my first 3 months.
Your first question might be: why? Well the answer is quite simple. Even with a BA, close to 10 years working in various child and youth care (CYC) contexts, and an extensive resume, my annual net income working in the local school district was $30,000. Now thirty grand is not a small amount of money. But to live in Vancouver, it’s really cutting it close or next to impossible. My options were to go get my masters (which is another large sum of money) or find new work. I chose the latter. I a...