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How does a former Petroleum Engineer start working in the blockchain & cryptocurrency industry? Today, we spoke to Rena Shah, Director of Business Development at BinanceUS, to find out how.


Rena's background is unique and certainly goes to show that if you have a passion and interest for the crypto industry, you can work your way into some incredible opportunities!


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Marketing in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry is a dynamic field, even more so in the hyper competitive world of cryptocurrency exchanges. On today's episode of the Proof of Talent podcast, we spoke with Haider Rafique, the Global Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin, to learn more about marketing in the crypto industry.


We discuss his personal background moving from a Madison Ave marketing agency, to enterprise software, to crypto, and how others might be able to do the same.


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Jake Chervinsky is the General Counsel at Compound Labs, one of the top DeFi projects built on Ethereum. We sat down with Jake to discuss how he went from working at a boutique law firm, to starting a Twitter account sharing content on the legal outlook Bitcoin ETF applications, to ending up at Compound. It's a unique story that is applicable to all future crypto industry professionals, not just limited to lawyers. 


This is an excellent discussion for any aspiring legal students, current lawyers or just people interested in what Jake has to say!


We also take a few minutes to dive into the DeFi ecosystem of which Compound is such a huge part of, to discuss progressive decentralization and much more. 


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Ayesha Kiani is the VP of Business Development at Ledger Prime, a quantitative crypto hedge fund. Prior to that, she worked at SingularDTC and Republic, serving as an active participant in the crypto industry since 2016!


 


But not only does Ayesha work in the industry, she's also an Adjunct Professor at NYU teaching a course to undergrads on Blockchain technology. In this episode of the Proof of Talent podcast, we discuss with Ayesha her background, how she got started in the crypto industry and what she teaches her students.


 


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Anil Lulla left a career on Wall Street at Deutsche Bank to co-found Delphi Digital, a cryptocurrency focused research firm. In this episode, we discuss what Anil learned during his time working at Bloomberg and Deutsche Bank, what his colleagues though when he left in 2018 and what he sees as the future of the industry.


We hope you enjoy this episode, especially for those of you who might be working on Wall Street or in financial services.


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Graham Perich is a software engineer, currently working at Coinbase, who has worked in the cryptocurrency & blockchain industry for close to 3 years! He joins us to discuss his journey in software engineering, how he began his career with the help of a coding bootcamp (Hack Reactor) and how he found his first job in the crypto industry at Fluidity through personal networking.


Graham also discusses how the software tooling landscape has evolved since he’s joined the industry, what he loves about working with such cutting edge technology and much more.


We hope you enjoy this episode, especially for those of you who might be interested in software engineering opportunities in the future!


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