"ico advisor" used to be a thing too but not anymore.
I think that most people labeling themselves "experts" are in the business field not in computing.
Topic: Where do companies get their "Bitcoin experts" from? - page 2. (Read 475 times)
they find on those linkedin resumes "serial entrepeneur, blockchain expert, data driven moron..."
"ico advisor" used to be a thing too but not anymore.
I think that most people labeling themselves "experts" are in the business field not in computing.
"ico advisor" used to be a thing too but not anymore.
I think that most people labeling themselves "experts" are in the business field not in computing.
Bitcoin itself is an innovation technology and studying and knowing its fundamentals will be more easy to those people who already have background in different fields of software developments so please don't be confuse to where these companies got their experts
Or I'm wrong, maybe these companies are only claiming that they've have a lot of Blockchain expert just for their publicity to gain reliability from people.
Or I'm wrong, maybe these companies are only claiming that they've have a lot of Blockchain expert just for their publicity to gain reliability from people.
i don't exactly know what PwC is but with a little search it seems like they have a foot in financial services. so it is possible that "blockchain expert" in their definition translates into a person who has been making speculation in the cryptocurrency market. and we all know how stupid that kind of people are and they are far from experts but we have a lot of them.
it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company does this though.
it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company does this though.
They're a big accounting firm based in the UK. They tend to be more involved with consulting/advising/auditing the financial matters of a business rather than market speculation. Their clients are usually large businesses and corporations.
then it doesn't make sense to me because that is the only way i could explain this kind of big number. otherwise we don't even have enough blockchain experts to have 400 of them only working with this firm alone!
A Bitcoin "expert" is literally just a label that people put on someone else. I want to believe that companies would have a bit more of a refined definition of what an "expert" actually is, but there's a decent chance that it's anyone who can describe the blockchain and has some tech/coding experience. There isn't a way that you can define an "expert" when there's no benchmark that they can be measured against.
I'd put money that anyone who can walk into a company and accurately describe the blockchain system while also flexing a Comp Sci degree or something similar can be regarded as an expert, whether they deserve it or not. I don't think that there are many experts out there, but it's a completely subjective definition.
I'd put money that anyone who can walk into a company and accurately describe the blockchain system while also flexing a Comp Sci degree or something similar can be regarded as an expert, whether they deserve it or not. I don't think that there are many experts out there, but it's a completely subjective definition.
That's what I suspected. Being a blockchain developer today is like being an aerospace engineer in 1910 or a web developer in 1992.
i don't exactly know what PwC is but with a little search it seems like they have a foot in financial services. so it is possible that "blockchain expert" in their definition translates into a person who has been making speculation in the cryptocurrency market. and we all know how stupid that kind of people are and they are far from experts but we have a lot of them.
it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company does this though.
it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company does this though.
They're a big accounting firm based in the UK. They tend to be more involved with consulting/advising/auditing the financial matters of a business rather than market speculation. Their clients are usually large businesses and corporations.
As of now, there is no school that is officially offering a degree on the blockchain and bitcoin so most likely the so-called experts are based on their experience and skills. This is all about coding so if one can code well then the person can work with open-source programs being utilized with many cryptocurrency-related projects. I have seen some profiles in the LinkedIn site and many of them use reference of the projects where they were involved with. I am not a bitcoin technical expert though so this must be just one of my many opinions.
i don't exactly know what PwC is but with a little search it seems like they have a foot in financial services. so it is possible that "blockchain expert" in their definition translates into a person who has been making speculation in the cryptocurrency market. and we all know how stupid that kind of people are and they are far from experts but we have a lot of them.
it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company does this though.
it certainly wouldn't be the first time a company does this though.
According to this article, PwC hired 400 blockchain experts in 2018:
And that's just one company. That number doesn't count those working for other companies like EY, KPMG, Microsoft, etc.
My question is, where do these companies find them? What qualifies someone to be a "expert" in this field? Given that the cryptocurrency community is still a fairly small and nascent one where everyone knows everyone else, the actual experts tend to be well-known figures, and Bitcoin degrees aren't really a thing, how was PwC able to find 400 of them?
In fact, the number of people who have contributed code to the Bitcoin codebase over the past decade since Bitcoin has been around is only about 500. For Ethereum, it's only about 300.
Or do these companies just treat anyone with a computer science degree to be an expert? (Heck, I'm a computer science student. Can I be a Bitcoin expert too?)
Like rosez, I can't see the article itself because it's likely behind a FT paywall. It might be an interesting article, but I'm not paying for it lol.Quote
Rival PwC said it had taken on a similar array of clients and currently employed about 400 "blockchain experts" globally, across multiple divisions, including its consultancy business.
And that's just one company. That number doesn't count those working for other companies like EY, KPMG, Microsoft, etc.
My question is, where do these companies find them? What qualifies someone to be a "expert" in this field? Given that the cryptocurrency community is still a fairly small and nascent one where everyone knows everyone else, the actual experts tend to be well-known figures, and Bitcoin degrees aren't really a thing, how was PwC able to find 400 of them?
In fact, the number of people who have contributed code to the Bitcoin codebase over the past decade since Bitcoin has been around is only about 500. For Ethereum, it's only about 300.
Or do these companies just treat anyone with a computer science degree to be an expert? (Heck, I'm a computer science student. Can I be a Bitcoin expert too?)
A Bitcoin "expert" is literally just a label that people put on someone else. I want to believe that companies would have a bit more of a refined definition of what an "expert" actually is, but there's a decent chance that it's anyone who can describe the blockchain and has some tech/coding experience. There isn't a way that you can define an "expert" when there's no benchmark that they can be measured against.
I'd put money that anyone who can walk into a company and accurately describe the blockchain system while also flexing a Comp Sci degree or something similar can be regarded as an expert, whether they deserve it or not. I don't think that there are many experts out there, but it's a completely subjective definition.
I don't think you provided the correct link to the article, can you check it?
Blockchain is not all about cryptocurrency though. If you do not like the term experts used here, you can simply refer to them as blockchain developers.
Blockchain is not all about cryptocurrency though. If you do not like the term experts used here, you can simply refer to them as blockchain developers.
Hmm... You're right. The link works when accessed through Google, but fails when accessed directly. Very odd.
Anyway, here's a rough mirror of the original article (same content, just worded differently):
https://cryptoslate.com/major-accountancy-firms-race-to-offer-auditing-services-for-crypto-and-blockchain-companies/
Edit: I've replaced the original link in the OP.
I don't think you provided the correct link to the article, can you check it?
Blockchain is not all about cryptocurrency though. If you do not like the term experts used here, you can simply refer to them as blockchain developers.
Blockchain is not all about cryptocurrency though. If you do not like the term experts used here, you can simply refer to them as blockchain developers.
According to this article, PwC hired 400 blockchain experts in 2018:
And that's just one company. That number doesn't count those working for other companies like EY, KPMG, Microsoft, etc.
My question is, where do these companies find them? What qualifies someone to be a "expert" in this field? Given that the cryptocurrency community is still a fairly small and nascent one where everyone knows everyone else, the actual experts tend to be well-known figures, and Bitcoin degrees aren't really a thing yet (other than the one or two rare exceptions), how was PwC able to find 400 of them?
In fact, the number of people who have contributed code to the Bitcoin codebase over the past decade since Bitcoin has been around is only about 500. For Ethereum, it's only about 300.
Or do these companies just treat anyone with a computer science degree to be an expert? (Heck, I'm a computer science student. Can I be a Bitcoin expert too?)
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Rival PwC said it had taken on a similar array of clients and currently employed about 400 "blockchain experts" globally, across multiple divisions, including its consultancy business.
And that's just one company. That number doesn't count those working for other companies like EY, KPMG, Microsoft, etc.
My question is, where do these companies find them? What qualifies someone to be a "expert" in this field? Given that the cryptocurrency community is still a fairly small and nascent one where everyone knows everyone else, the actual experts tend to be well-known figures, and Bitcoin degrees aren't really a thing yet (other than the one or two rare exceptions), how was PwC able to find 400 of them?
In fact, the number of people who have contributed code to the Bitcoin codebase over the past decade since Bitcoin has been around is only about 500. For Ethereum, it's only about 300.
Or do these companies just treat anyone with a computer science degree to be an expert? (Heck, I'm a computer science student. Can I be a Bitcoin expert too?)
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