Back in my employee days, one of my favorite morning shows to listen to on the morning commute was about urban planning. It discussed how as cities grow, they need to develop hubs with their own schools, business centers, hospitals, housing and roads to connect them.
Of course, this makes total sense. What point is there in having to drive two hours to work in the next county only to have to drive two hours back after a grueling work day?
This was before web3, or at least before I found out about web3.
What are some of the benefits I've gained from embarking on a web3 jounrney? Let's take a look.
Micropayments
Remote work doesn't require web3. With the help of the internet and a bit of looking around, anybody with a given skill could teach languages, give music lessons, provide legal or professional consulting to just about anybody in the world. There are even websites like Fiverr and Upwork where you can create a profile to pick up remote gigs from a sort of online gig marketplace.
The site helps you promote your work and takes a cut for every gig landed. The thing is, on top of taking a significant percentage from your pay, you need to wait for your balance to reach a certain threshold in order to cover service fees. You don't want to withdraw $10 and pay $30 in fees. Not only that, if you're an international freelancer, you will then need to pay a large fee to your bank in order to use the SWIFT network (about $40 per transaction). With web 3, there are several blockchains that have very low fees to use, thus allowing you to do micro jobs and receive micro-payments in return.
During live stream of the CTT podcast, for example, hosts Matt and Dan gave out large upvotes to designers that submitted thumbnail designs for that particular episode. If you have the particular skill of graphic design, you can also create thumbnails, covers, edit images or create illustrations for any client who is familiar with cryptocurrency and is willing to pay you with it.
How about sharing knowledge?
If you join a particular X Spaces that is accompanied by an INLEO threadcast, you can earn cryptocurrency by providing insightful comments, answering questions, giving valuable feedback, etc.
With web3, micro-payments for providing value in the form of work or knowledge is a reality.
Specialized skills
If you have a specialized skill like programming, you're golden. Instead of having to prepare for your morning commute with a jug of coffee, a handfull of podcasts and your favorite Taylor Swift playlist, you get to offer your services to an endless list of companies large and small, who require someone that knows Javascript.
But let's go further.
Project managers, copywriters, video editors, sound engineers, virtual assistants... the list goes on and on. These are all skills that are needed by both hybrid and fully remote companies and projects. Many of which might be looking for you and are probably not within driving distance.
The power of "AND"
And finally, why not both? If you have a highly sought after skill and you have some free time, why not spend your day doing your remote day job and your free time doing micro-work in exchange for micro-payments? Make tutorials, review crypto projects, invest in some web3 projects, join airdrops, the list of opportunities is endless and it's all available to you thanks to the magic of web3.
Oh and if you think you missed the opportunity, you didn't. We are still incredibly early.
Take advantage.
Why anybody would choose to sit it a car for two hours to work in an office is beyond me. I'm guessing it's because these folks are not yet aware that web3 exists.
Once they figure it out, and they're willing to step outside their comfort zone, their lives could do a 180 degree turn :)
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Firstly thanks for the follow @alex-rourke and this is an interesting post as it resonates with me a lot. I used to be a freelance and at one point in time tried out the British equivalent of Fivver and Upwork, People per hour or PPH for short. It was pretty good to start with but then the projects started to become more complex and the budgets in time and money on offer started to become silly. The reason being that other countries could take on these projects and cheaply. The difference in economy, living costs in the UK versus India are huge. So such platforms have become unviable for most Western workers where inflation has been high for years.
However Web 3 is a different kettle of fish. I’ve been taking Hive seriously and actually feel that I get more out of this than I do on Substack and so on.
My #hivesoundlibrary project is just one of those things that I want to boost on here in terms of productivity and to run it as a part-time business alongside my current day job which is fully remote anyway
No two hour drives for me.
I just quit my job this year . And Went fulltime into music .!!! Its been really great on Hive . But I do have to take up some freelance sound gigs on the side to meet some expenses .! I hope i can fully transition into web3 this year . 🤞
This is very inspiring and hopefully offers others a different view. A lot of people keep doing what they are doing even if they hate it, because they don't know of other options. But I would suggest doing these on the side first. Until it can almost replicate their earnings from their current job, I think they should prioritize stability first.
Yeah, as long as you start learning, engaging and searching for options in web3, you'll eventually find a side hustle that might just replace your current job or help you find a new one in web3.
I definitely agree!
Among all the opportunities you named, I think Hive itself is a major example. For sharing our art/photos/knowledge/... We could earn hive and maybe even some 2nd tier tokens. We are definitely early and could take advantage of it! :D
We are sooooo early. Take advantage fren. Stack those $HIVE while they are cheap. You'll be thankful you did a few years from now.
I definitely agree!
Slowly but steadily I'll build my Hive Power! :D
after more than 2 years I have been working here and am very happy to be grateful for covering a little of my economic shortfall, I am very happy to be able to get to know hive and participate and I am also happy that this web3 can help me channel my work here, hopefully I can achieve success in making music at hive This😇🙏🏻🙌🏻😌
Web3 is actually making a lot of people live their dream life. Driving three hours to work will require you to burn some fuel for that which means “more expenses”…
Just like me, I take gigs on Fiverr and Upwork but getting gigs there is quite difficult especially for a beginner
Yeah, not to mention these websites take a huge cut! No thanks, I'd rather work peer to peer on web3.
#hive #posh
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