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Tell them they can get girlfriends. The first question I have is “where are all the young computer-forward yutes.” I actually don’t know the answer to this question. Do they congregate? @MartyBent talks to his former high school about bitcoin, maybe he can harvest from there? Seems like high schools would be a good place to start but men in elastic body suits are probably frowned upon.
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kyle-moore 2 months ago
i'm sure your new corpo overlords will sort it out
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notstr 2 months ago
Export the bitcoin and hire out of country.
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Engineer 2 months ago
I mean "you" generically, not personally
The young devs are not sitting on a ton of coins so working on an opensource project with no guarantees at the beginning of your adult life is just very scary. There'd have to be some more support structure imo
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a1denvalu3 2 months ago
You have to psyop young people into believing they can make a big impact on the world. Money can be less but comparable, young people want to feel badass.
Make Bitdevs meetups more young people friendly. You can do all you want online but expecting to be on the same wavelength as the kids is just not likely gonna happen. Find Bitcoin, or even Blockchain student clubs, and get them to sponsor Bitdevs providing meetup spaces. They feel included -- as leaders even -- and it attracts the older developers in the region to meet in meatspace and cross pollinate ideas. I see a good few younger folks at the ones hosted at MIT. Yea, it's MIT, so it's a bit easier, but still it gets us all in the same place so the veterans can share experience, we non-devs can share our take on philosophy, economics, etc (and learn a thing or two), and the kids can share their understanding of some new innovative ideas and some fast moving developments that can be hard to keep up with when you're working full time with a family. Bonus, doing it with blockchain clubs can convert them from the inside as the real differences are laid bare to be seen for all.