Dec 17, 2025 
14 mins to read Insights from Smart Contracts and Breakfast Eggs at 3 AM
Damn, while debugging a Wallet Developer candidate's Solidity code last night, I realized that gas fee optimization and egg-frying flame control have more in common than meets the eye—both demand precise timing. Seriously, the current Web3 job market resembles an unoptimized smart contract: some roles are piled high while others are practically rollbacks of a forgotten function.
Suddenly thinking of the Illustrator / Animator candidate I interviewed last week, who could create dancing NFTs with Three.js but had no clue about storing metadata on IPFS. It's like knowing how to fry sunny-side-up eggs but confusing olive oil with gasoline—wait, did I just derail again?
Web3 Creative Roles: Where Art Meets Blockchain
From a technical standpoint, the UX Writer role is actually the most underestimated tech position. Well-crafted copy can boost a DApp's conversion rate by 30%, much like adding NatSpec comments to a smart contract. Recently, on MyJob.one, I came across a case study: a DeFi project doubled its staking volume simply by changing three words in a button's copy.
Wait, inspiration struck—here's the core skill matrix needed for the Illustrator / Animator role:
- Proficiency in Blender/After Effects (equivalent to require statements in Solidity)
- WebGL/Three.js interaction implementation (like fallback functions in smart contracts)
- Understanding NFT metadata standards (ERC-721 is your JSON configuration file)
The Dark Forest Rule for Technical Roles
To be honest, the Systems Administrator role is currently undergoing a quantum leap. Traditional Linux administration isn't enough anymore—you need to:
- Deploy blockchain node clusters with Ansible
- Monitor MEV robot traffic patterns
- Configure validator node failover strategies
This reminds me of a live incident last year: an exchange's memory leak during node synchronization occurred because they hadn't set the geth --cache parameter, crashing their sysadmin. Seriously, today's system administrators need to be half smart contract auditors.
The Three Realms of Wallet Developers
When the coffee had gone cold at 3 AM, I mapped out a technical evolution path for the Wallet Developer role:
- Brass Tier: Able to send transactions with web3.js (equivalent to console.log level)
- Gold Tier: Implementing MPC wallet threshold signatures (touching cryptographic core)
- Master Tier: Optimizing AA wallet bundler throughput (gas fee version of performance tuning)
Suddenly had a wild idea—compare wallet mnemonic generation algorithms to breakfast cereal recipes... better stop now.
The Singularity Moment for Support Roles
The current skill set required for the Solution & Support Associate role would make any sysadmin from three years ago question their existence:
- Use bots to automatically troubleshoot RPC node issues in Discord
- Locate smart contract vulnerabilities from vague user descriptions (more thrilling than debugging)
- On-the-spot SQL queries with Dune Analytics to prove it's not a project scam
Last week on MyJob.one, I saw a mind-blowing case: a user claimed their tokens disappeared, and the support agent found via Etherscan that they'd mistakenly sent to tornado.cash...
The Future of Support: Becoming a Technical Sleuth
To be frank, the skill map for the Customer Support role defies conventional wisdom:
* Foundational Skills:* Zendesk ticket system (equivalent to Hello World)* Advanced Skills:* Decoding Revert error messages (like a doctor reading CT scans)* Ultimate Skill:* Reverse-engineering private key leakage paths from user screenshots (seriously, digital forensics?)
The Cryptographic Principle Behind Career Evolution
Finally, a bold theory: all Web3 roles are evolving through asymmetric encryption—your current skills are the private key, while market demand is the corresponding public key. When sifting through resumes on MyJob.one, what surprised me most was finding a UX Writer candidate's portfolio containing a Uniswap transaction script.
Wait, caffeine-fueled inspiration strikes again: perhaps we should structure professional skill trees using a Merkle tree structure? Anyway, time to sleep...
