Saturday, June 14, 2025

Blockchain Careers - Interviews, Project Portfolios & Certifications (Your competitive edge)

Colleagues, are you seeking to land the next job in your Blockchain career journey … either within your current company or with a new employer? All hiring managers need to answer three fundamental questions in the interview process before making a job offer.

Interview Questions


  1. Skills: Can you do the job?

  2. Motivation: Will you do the job?

  3. Fit: Will you be a team player and fit into the company culture?


Professional Portfolio


Creating a high qualityBlockchain Engineer professional portfolio combined with having industry-leading certifications - along with relevant work experience - will put you at the top of the candidate pool when answering the “Skills” question.


What is a Project Portfolio? 


  1. A project portfolio is a collection of projects, programs, and operations managed collectively to achieve strategic objectives. 

  2. It demonstrates your diverse skills, experience, and proven ability to deliver results, showcasing your value and strategic impact to potential employers or for internal advancement.


What Makes a Project Portfolio Valuable?


  1. Strategic Alignment: Connecting projects to organizational goals.

  2. Resource Management: Efficient allocation of people and assets.

  3. Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating potential threats.

  4. Performance Monitoring: Tracking progress and outcomes.

  5. Stakeholder Communication: Keeping all parties informed and engaged.


What are the best portals to host your project portfolio?


  1. GitHub

  2. LinkedIn

  3. Behance

  4. Dribbble

  5. Kaggle

  6. Hugging Face

  7. Personal Website (WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow - Offers maximum customization & a professional brand presence)


Industry-Leading Certifications & Training



Enroll today (teams & executives are welcome).  

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Blockchain VIPs (share with your team) 


Thursday, May 8, 2025

Blockchain Development - 10 Career Success Strategies & Top Certifications (2025)

Colleagues, whether you are seeking advancement in your current company or looking to make a change in your career path, here are 10 strategies that will accelerate your Blockchain Development professional goals and earnings potential along with top industry-recognized certifications that will give you a competitive edge.

#1 - Leadership: Demonstrating leadership is key to your upward mobility. Leading projects within your department is a good starting point. Leading more complex inter-departmental/interdisciplinary programs is the next step. And third, leading strategies initiatives involving customers, ecosystem partners and the analyst community is a quantum step toward success.


#2 - Creativity: Creative, innovative, outside-the-box thinking is vital. Your development of creative problem-solving skills will set you above and beyond your colleagues.


#3 - Volunteer: Be proactive - anticipate needs before they become mainstream. Be the first to raise your hand when an executive identifies a mission-critical challenge that needs to be resolved. Show initiative. Taking on new responsibilities may require you to negotiate with your management the delegation of some of your current responsibilities. 


#4 - Portfolio: Build a robust project portfolio of your greatest achievements. Make this accessible to your current management hierarchy (secure internal portals) and your industry at-large (LinkedIn and Github are great places to start).


#5 - Subject Matter Expert: Become a recognized SME in your domain (job function and/or industry) both within your company and externally with customers, business partners and industry analysts.


#6 - Publishing & Networking: Publish a weekly or monthly series on best practices, lessons learned or future industry trends. Engage with colleagues across disciplines and organizations within your business. Also build an online networking via professional associations, forums and events. Public speaking opportunities are an excellent means for gaining recognition.


#7 - KPIs (Key Performance Indicators): Understand how your senior management (e.g. Director, Vice President, General Manager) measure success and explicitly link your deliverables to their highest priority needs.


#8 - Interviews (internal or external): Always keep in mind the three most fundamental industry questions any hiring manager-executive is seeking to answer. First - Can you do the job? This question focuses on your skills, certifications and accomplishments. Second - Will you do the job? This question addresses your motivation and passion for doing the job at hand. And third - Will you fit in? Management wants to know that you are a team player, work well with others and are flexible.


#9 - Adding Value is Supreme: Boost revenue, reduce costs and enhance customer satisfaction-retention. You are not just performing a job, you are fully committed and contributing to the overall success of your company.


#10 - Top Certifications, Master Classes, Bootcamps and Specializations: Will bolster your Blockchain Development career growth and income - adding an extra 5%-10% to your compensation. Industry-recognized certifications keep you abreast of industry trends and boost upward mobility. Don’t wait, enroll today!



Our analysis indicates that obtaining an industry-leading professional certification that increases your annual compensation by 5%-10% could potentially lead to an additional income of $250,000 to $500,000 over a 40-year career, not even accounting for the compounding effect of future salary growth on that initial percentage increase. When you factor in job promotions - perhaps every 5 years - this increases the net compensation increase two fold over the base case above. This highlights the significant long-term financial benefits of investing in professional development.


Begin your path to success today, Lawrence E. Wilson - Blockchain VIPs (share with colleagues & friends) 


Monday, April 21, 2025

Ethereum Developer - Discover Your Path to Career Success (2025)

Colleagues, did you know that “The Ethereum Market Size was valued at $500M in 2024 and is expected to reach $516M by 2032, growing at a 35% CAGR from 2025 to 2032. The report comprises various segments as well an analysis of the trends and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market” based on Market Research Intellect (April 2025)? Read the article entitled “Ethereum Developer Roadmap” published by the Blockchain Council (January 2025) for even greater career insights.

Job Titles: Ethereum Developer, Smart Contract Developer (Ethereum/Solidity), Web3 Developer (Ethereum Focused), Decentralized Application (DApp) Developer (Ethereum), Blockchain Engineer (Ethereum Specialist), Ethereum Architect, Ethereum Security Engineer, Solidity Developer, DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Developer (Ethereum), Ethereum Protocol Engineer


Salaries: Algorand, Be in Crypto, Crypto Jobs List, remote3, Web3 Jobs, ZipRecruiter (will vary by experience level & location)


Career Opportunities: Dice, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Remote3, SimplyHired, Web3 Jobs, ZipRecruiter


Certification and Training programs - add an extra 5%-10% to your compensation (enroll now):



Launch your path to success today, Lawrence E. Wilson - Blockchain VIPs (share with colleagues & friends)


Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Listen to or read the newest “Web 3.0” Amazon Audible & Kindle Book Series

Friends, greetings. Consider the Web 3.0audio & ebook series on Amazon for your reading-listening pleasure (https://tinyurl.com/4b3869r5)

1 - Birth of a Web 3.0 Decentralized World Order - From Blockchain to Metaverse … and Beyond

(Audible) (Kindle)


2 - NFTs, DAOs and DeFi … Next Generation Web 3.0 Technologies Transforming Our Lives (Audible)  (Kindle


Regards, Genesys Digital (Amazon Author Page) https://tinyurl.com/hh7bf4m9