Amplified values

This week is "Sales Kick Off" week, Which as a global event aimed at the company sales department and associated business functions, and is my first and unfortunately, it is all remote. I am not in sales, but my new role is onboarding and enabling new sales people into the team. After only being in the role two weeks now, I am still onboarding into the position myself, but will soon start the job that according to my boss,

is going to end.

I already knew this going in however as I have been around the block a few times as a consultant and am pretty decent at using current conditions to predict future actions. I actually talked to my supervisor about this before I had even decided to interview for the job, as she and I have talked "strategy" for three years now. I put about a two year cap on the position, which doesn't sound like long, but is long enough for what we are tasked with doing. However, this doesn't mean that we are disposable, it is just that what we are currently doing will pivot and expand.

Because of the event we were at the office late and were talking about the future of out team and how the function is likely to disappear down the road and I "jokingly" said,

Come on Bitcoin

She felt the need to repeat that the position was on a time limit, not our employment, which I know, but I was only half joking. I don't need Bitcoin to do really well to retire, I need Hive, or Splinterlands or perhaps even CUB. For Bitcoin to do well enough, it would have to be hitting 7 figures with the amount I have to even come close to thinking about quitting a job for it.

But, in that hypothetical and crazy world of very high-priced Bitcoin, I assume that at least some of the tokens I hold will follow along for the ride, as they have done in the past. This means that Bitcoin doesn't actually need to hit that 7-figure mark, it just has to perform well enough to drag the rest up significantly enough. For example, $10 dollar HIVE and I am in pretty good shape, but just imagine what that does to for example, Splinterlands assets, as people flush with new value, look to pick up those cards they have been eyeing with envy. Or, perhaps some will stack into CUB to earn some passive income on their newly-found wealth and drive that value up too.

What I like about HIVE and crypto in general, is that all of these things can be connected and a good portion of participants want to keep in crypto, rather than going out to fiat. With the amount of stable tokens now on top, this changes things again as people are able to stay in, stake in, earn yield and when the time comes at the bottom of the bear, buy back without ever leaving a blockchain. I actually "predict" (I am less confident predicting crypto activity) that the coming bear might not be as long or as deep as some expect, because people will be more willing to buy back earlier, since they never went out to fiat.

For most and definitely for me, there is a huge psychological difference for me to spend 100€ or, 100€ worth of HIVE. the first is a semi-decent meal for my wife and I, the second is hours of work and the potential that tomorrow, the value is up 20% more. Of course, it could be down too.

I am not actually looking to live off crypto yet, nor ever really retire. But I do think that it is going to be interesting to see what the crypto landscape is going to look like at the point my job becomes irrelevant. Will I be willing to move to a new role that they find for me or, will I be willing to walk away, unless they find me something I love? With the current job market as it is and the struggle that companies have acquiring talented employees, they are going to have to go to greater lengths to find good people. I have heard that recently in some Finnish companies, they are offering signing bonuses, holidays at the start of employment and perks in order to get people in - and these are decent jobs that pay well.

Of course, they don't offer this to everyone, only the best, but the options for the skilled and versatile employee, has increased dramatically over the last two years, and people are starting to realize they have options. Options are super valuable and when a person is negotiating without desperation, they have far more leverage.

This is the amplification of talent and I suspect that in the next few years, this is going to get louder and louder, where those who have proven track records and very high potential, will enjoy increasing demand. I also suspect that in specialized fields there will be high reward for the pinnacle talent, what will be most valuable for many organizations are the "renaissance workers" who are able to shift roles, fill gaps and can be relied on. Trusted to do the job that needs to be done.

I am not that kind of versatile talent yet, but I am drawing closer to it through my experience and network. Though who knows, perhaps I won't need it because, Crypto got a move on.

Two years, is not too far away.

Taraz [ Gen1: Hive ]