One by one. People have had enough of selling their time to purposeless corporations stuck in bureaucracy, politics, and status quo.
Web2 platforms are hiring for web3 roles - YouTube, Twitch, Meta, Apple, Nike, Disney, PayPal, Amazon, Fidelity, Google, Microsoft, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Visa, MasterCard...Their top people either embrace those roles or go for native web3 plays.
YouTube → Polygon Studios
Domino's Pizza → FriesDAO
TikTok → BAYZ
Ex-Facebook → Diem
Meta → Circle
Airbnb → Crypto VC
Walmart → Blockchain.com
Amazon → Gemini
Lyft & Uber → OpenSea
Google, LinkedIn → Coinbase
Seems pretty inevitable at this point. Fascinating to watch the battle for talent retention from major incumbents as the brain drain continues.
