Jacob Kerr

How did you touch grass this weekend?

“If you aren’t living your life at Mach 2 … you’re falling behind.” - Grandpa

Met my grandpa for the first time. What should I ask him?

The reward for good work is more work.

Nothing better than seeing your friends believe in themselves and take a big leap of faith 🫡

Who are the best marketing executives in crypto?

Which of my recruiter friends will be at Eth Denver? ✋ We should hang 🍻

This is the year Farcaster goes ultra-mainstream and regular people (e.g. my mom) start using it. Why? Because a new app/product will figure out how to leverage the existing social graph to quickly launch, scale, and monetize in a few weeks. AI will shorten the iteration cycle, and it'll amplify everything. And, perhaps, because a specific topic will find a home here that doesn't have a home somewhere else. Maybe a specific fan club or a corner of tech. Who knows - maybe the next watering hole for politics that can't be censored like other platforms.

IQ and curiosity are not the same thing, but probably strongly correlated. If I had to pick one — I think I pick curiosity. Such a superpower.

The older I get, the more "everything happens for a reason" seems to resonate

Got my first "what's up with Bitcoin" text 👀

I’m writing down a list of tips/behaviors for high performance operating. E.g. Close the loop. If you say you’re going to do something — do it. And then tell the person you did it.” What are your best high-performance operating behaviors?

Who are the best recruiters in crypto? (Bonus points if they’re a founder)

I'm looking for the *best* designer that wants to help shape tools and products for the entire crypto industry. I'm open to folks who want to chat -- either as candidates or for networking purposes. Who should I talk with?

The crypto ecosystem is so small ... your reputation goes very very far. When recruiting for certain roles, particularly senior/exec and highly specialized technical roles ... the real strategy is to just network your way to the elite talent and nerdsnipe them on your problem space.

A great marketing lead for dev tool company is on the market -- anyone looking for their next Head of Marketing?

My experience so far: - Demand for web3 talent is up through Q1. - Most open roles: product/eng/design and GTM (BizDev + marketing). - Supply of talent entering web3 is flat; web2 talent hard to attract. The next 3-6 months will be a slog until crypto gets back into mainstream and we see an influx of new talent.

How does everyone do their crypto taxes?

A friend is a McKinsey consultant but obsessed with crypto, very degen and gets the tech at a deep level. Today is his last day at the firm, and he’s going to be looking for a BizOps role in the space soon. Who’s hiring?

Talking with web2 recruiter friends that say hiring is easier in web2 than web3 (higher response rates to emails, easier closing). Why is it harder to recruit for web3? How do we make web3 an attractive place to build a career for more people?