Solving the Blockchain Industry’s Number One Problem - Talent Shortage

Solving the Blockchain Industry’s Number One Problem - Talent Shortage

With the amount of activity happening around Blockchain technology, companies are now hiring individuals with Blockchain related expertise, mainly including developers, security experts and business consultants. Due in part to the relatively new emergence of the technology, businesses are now competing with one another to access this talent due to the lack of supply. The war for talent will only get worse unless we train more people globally, including going back to the grassroots of society, whereby universities begin the introduction of Blockchain and cryptocurrency courses as part of a....


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