Experience

I’ve seen dozens of crypto projects fail. I’ve seen a handful of crypto companies succeed. To succeed, many hard things must align. To fail, only one key thing needs to go wrong. After nearly a decade in this space, one pattern repeats itself: the fastest path to failure is biasing toward idealism over pragmatism. I joined the industry for its ideals. It took years - and a few hard lessons - to unlearn them. ...

Experience vs Theory: Lake Tahoe Edition I remember thinking I had the foundation to tackle any problem that came my way around the time that I was graduating from College. Having studied a lot of theory in school, I believed that anything could be done by applying the concepts I had learned. With every year that goes by in the workforce, the number of things I find to learn and get better at far outpaces those I actually get to. This makes me both excited and scared of how I’ll feel in another 10 years. ...