Hello from Samantha and Claire (your Local Boys). We're back for another weekly scoop on who's hiring, who's getting funded, and how to get a job in web3.

This week's rundown:

• 🔥 Freshly Posted Jobs

• 🤔 How Can We Be of Service?

• 👛 Don't be like Dora

• 🌱 Startup Funding

• 📚 Hot Reads

Our let's get sh*t done on Valentine's Day playlist of the week:

FRESH JOBS

Open roles that dropped this week (remote-based unless otherwise noted).

😎 Lead Product Designer 💸 $80k-170k, Mojito → Mojito is an all-inclusive platform that allows brands to enter the NFT space (Sotheby's is a client). In this role, you'd help design their platform which allows big brands (sports teams, celebrities, #fashun) create NFT marketplaces of their own. We'll cheers to that.

🌍 Senior Writer/Researcher 💸 $110k-130k, Index Coop → If you know how to write the F into DeFi, this wordsmith role might be for you. This is a full-time gig at a successful DAO with compensation structure + benefits to match. If you haven't written about finance but still think you've got the goods, then get 'typin. We won't tell a soul.

🏗️ Web3 Crypto Marketing Lead (Part-Time) 💸 $50k-90k, Analog → This blockchain infrastructure (aka layer one aka foundation of a new ecosystem) team is looking for a marketing lead to level up their marketing and community efforts. Emphasis on community. Because of the title, this JD might get a disproportionate amount of marketing-focused applicants, so if you're more on the community side—apply!

🤝 Technical Due Diligence Investment Professional 💸 $160k-250k, Pyxis Search → Longest title we've ever seen but maybe it's just the TDDIP of the iceberg. This role requires a systems engineering background and a heavy dose of crypto knowledge (maybe even cryptographic engineering or ZKP). You'd be developing an investment thesis across web3 categories, advising portfolio companies on technical aspects, and serve as the public Pyxis face at dev conferences and hackathons.

💰 Finance Lead 💸 $150k-230k, Trust Machines → Bitcoin maxis (people who love BTC and want to grow an ecosystem around it) rejoice. This team is looking for a team member to drive financial strategy, financial analysis, investor relations, and more. You'd be the first finance hire and would advise executives on what to do with cash, crypto, and trading partners. If you're bored in TradFi and understand crypto...here's your Trust(ed) sign to make the leap.

💽 Cryptographer 💸 $Unknown, Binance → Big Daddy Binance is looking for a blockchain development researcher to join their BNB Chain Innovation team. There's a lot of freedom here for the right person. You'll need expertise in cryptography (especially TSS, MPC, or zk-SNARK) and fluency in Rust, Golang or other mainstream languages. If you understood that, godspeed.

🐋 Senior Frontend Engineer 💸 $160k-200k, Co:Create → Backed by a16z (crypto's VC star), Co:Create is building an app for minting NFTs, redeeming rewards, and more. This role will lead architecture and implementation of said ecosystem. If you're ready to make a big splash in the web3 space, this is one to jump on.

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It's always...

FUNDING SZN

This week gaming grabs the spotlight in funding activity. Games can provide a natural environment for learning the basics of web3 (e.g. buying collectibles, skins, and upgrades with native tokens). Web3 gaming secured $4.49 billion in 2022 and it seems like investors are still hot on the case this year.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

1️⃣ The most in-demand programming language? The right technical skills to get you hired? State of Tech Hiring 2023 answers all your burning questions.

2️⃣ The most chuckle-worthy content on dirigibles spy balloons we've seen yet.

3️⃣ Our favorite book to spark your full spectrum of emotion (and a new perspective on trees). This is a kick-back-by-the-fireplace-and-sip-your-tea read.

4️⃣ 4 Horsemen of the Tech Recession and why there's a gap between insane tech layoffs and a low unemployment rate.

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