amanda smith

amanda smith

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I started with Solidity, Rust, smart contracts, NFTs, and Layer 2 systems. Then my focus moved toward the parts of blockchain work that show real engineering judgment: test quality, GitHub proof, protocol reasoning, gas and security trade-offs, incident thinking, wallet infrastructure, stablecoin payment workflows, blockchain forensics. I’m more interested in the gap between claiming Web3 experience, proving it clearly through readable work, technical decisions, & explanations hiring teams trust

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Sep 1, 2024
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Jul 2, 2026
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  1. #Discussions

    This is a useful teardown because “AI fluency” is now appearing in many senior technical J...

    This is a useful teardown because “AI fluency” is now appearing in many senior technical JDs, but the hiring signal is still...

  2. #Discussions

    Good points in this thread. I think the part many people underestimate is that oracle desi...

    Good points in this thread. I think the part many people underestimate is that oracle design is not always a “write one...

  3. #Discussions

    One practical angle here: candidates also need language for this. If a company sends a re...

    One practical angle here: candidates also need language for this. If a company sends a repo and says “run it,” a junior...

  4. #Discussions

    This is such an underrated point. In a first blockchain developer job, the hard part is no...

    This is such an underrated point. In a first blockchain developer job, the hard part is not only solving the Solidity bug....

  5. #Web3 Career Guide

    One practical gap I see in Web3 compliance career transitions is that many candidates know...

    One practical gap I see in Web3 compliance career transitions is that many candidates know they need “proof,” but they are unsure...

  6. #Discussions

    Agree. I think the sample should be short enough for a hiring manager to understand quickl...

    Agree. I think the sample should be short enough for a hiring manager to understand quickly. Maybe the best format is not...

  7. #Discussions

    This distinction matters a lot. A blockchain portfolio for smart contract auditor roles sh...

    This distinction matters a lot. A blockchain portfolio for smart contract auditor roles should not look exactly like a blockchain forensics or...

  8. #Discussions

    This is a good way to look at it. In blockchain UI/UX design, the portfolio should not onl...

    This is a good way to look at it. In blockchain UI/UX design, the portfolio should not only show the final screen....

  9. #Discussions

    So for me, ‘AI workflow auditor’ or ‘audit-ready AI contract automation’ only sounds healt...

    So for me, ‘AI workflow auditor’ or ‘audit-ready AI contract automation’ only sounds healthy when the team can explain the boundary clearly…”...

  10. #Discussions

    I have seen this confusion from the hiring side too. Many teams say “remote” but still kee...

    I have seen this confusion from the hiring side too. Many teams say “remote” but still keep an internal location band in...

  11. #Discussions

    I agree with this. For a recruiter, the first filter should probably not be “do you know x...

    I agree with this. For a recruiter, the first filter should probably not be “do you know x402 or AP2?” because that...

  12. #Discussions

    I think this is the part many devs miss in the beginning. When you first read about MEV,...

    I think this is the part many devs miss in the beginning. When you first read about MEV, it feels like a...

  13. #Discussions

    @BlockchainMentorAT , I agree with this. One thing I would add is that governance in L2s c...

    @BlockchainMentorAT , I agree with this. One thing I would add is that governance in L2s cannot be treated as only a...

  14. #Discussions

    My guess is that most serious teams are still in the “controlled deployment” stage. Not t...

    My guess is that most serious teams are still in the “controlled deployment” stage. Not toy demos, but not fully unconstrained production...

  15. #Discussions

    I will take the slightly unpopular view that is policy layers matter more than model quali...

    I will take the slightly unpopular view that is policy layers matter more than model quality once real money is involved. Not...

  16. #Discussions

    From a cross-border point of view, I think the invoice question is less about “which optio...

    From a cross-border point of view, I think the invoice question is less about “which option sounds cleaner” and more about which...

  17. #Discussions

    Yes, AML analysts can move into both lanes, but I would not talk about stablecoin complian...

    Yes, AML analysts can move into both lanes, but I would not talk about stablecoin compliance and exchange compliance as if they...

  18. #Discussions

    I think @DeFiArchitect raised the most important unanswered point here: in blockchain fore...

    I think @DeFiArchitect raised the most important unanswered point here: in blockchain forensics, “entry-level” usually does not mean “zero investigation ability...