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ConsenSys Academy is focused on educating the next wave of Ethereum developers.
Iām considering applying, although thereās a $1k price tag on the course. But I meanā¦ there isnāt a price tag on being able to develop on the biggest open-source project in distributed systemsāāāEthereumĀ š„
You have till June 4th to apply: https://consensys.net/academy/2018developer/
Below is my cover letter submission. Thought Iād repost it here as it reveals a bit about me and why Iām in theĀ space.
Iām a software engineer whoās passionate about building cool shit. Iāve gone from mobile game development, to building web applications, and now working with blockchain technology. Iām fairly young, so I wasnāt around during the early days of the internet. I wasnāt a developer yet when Apple opened the iPhone to developers with the App Store. And I donāt know where I was in 2009, but I wasnāt buying Bitcoin. Although I wasnāt around for any of those opportunities, I think being a Solidity developer is my bigĀ break.
By day, Iām a software engineer at the coolest French startup in New YorkāāāAircall (weāre hiring btw, just ask!). The product is a voice platform for business, built on a fairly complex Ruby on Rails stack. By night (okayāāāwhen Iām not out clubbing, playing pool, or exploring the city) I like to code decentralized applications and read about the progress other projects are making; two of the most interesting ones being Spankchain and 0x Protocol. Iād like to think that being early to the game (a decentralized Internet) will only be beneficial to myĀ career.
Whenever Iām asked to describe myself, I like to choose three words. Ambitious. Hacker. Chill. Iām a driven person who sets high goals only to shatter them and set even higher ones. I hack life by living a healthy and balanced lifestyle. But at the end of the day, Iām a laid back person who enjoys wine on rooftops as much I enjoy staying in and binging Mad Men (for the third time). So how would I benefit from this developer program? Iād grind those 8 weeks, come out a more knowledgable blockchain engineer, and use it as a trajectory to set higher goals and build coolerĀ shit.
Well there you go. I guess it couldāve been more formal but heyāāāIām not your average devĀ š
If youāre in NYCāāāletās grab a beer! Always up for some blockchain conversations (but not about your investments š). Iām onĀ twitter.
My cover letter submission for the ConsenSys developer program (2018) was originally published in Hacker Noon on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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