Building your reputation as a developer on Cardano
In 2023 the Cardano Foundation conducted the second edition of the annual survey to assess the state of the Cardano ecosystem https://cardano-foundation.github.io/state-of-the-developer-ecosystem/2023/ The survey found that the proportion of professional developers vs hobby developers in Cardano increased from 2022 to 2023, suggesting more hobby developers transitioning to a professional role in the ecosystem. For developers trying to go full-time in Cardano, it can be challenging to secure opportunities and roles without a prior track record. What does it take to build up your reputation in Cardano and obtain the right credentials to secure your dream job in Cardano?
Without a prior track record, the first thing you want to do is start building up your presence in the community. This consists of creating a social profile on one or several platforms like X or Git Hub where the community is most active. Start by actively engaging with other developers or teams on these platforms, helping to solve problems, or proposing new ideas to show your skills.
On X, a good strategy is to share knowledge through threads. Discoverability on X is high with retweets, quote tweets, and replies. Posting good content often not only showcases your knowledge but also increases your reach as users share your content with their followers, helping to increase your visibility in the community.
GitHub is where you can find most developers gathering to talk about Cardano-related topics, propose new ideas, and contribute to the development of Cardano. The world’s largest coding community lets developers showcase their skills and past work. Companies looking to hire developers can preview their portfolio on Github in the screening process. Uploading to GitHub is a great way to show the Cardano community your passion for Cardano as well as make meaningful contributions to the ecosystem.
Another great platform, Catalyst, lets participants respond to community-generated challenges with their ideas and put up proposals to solve those challenges. As a developer, this is a great platform to tackle problems faced by the community and use that to build up your reputation. Catalyst even provides funding for projects that pass the governance phase, making it a great platform for developers to receive resources too.
Intersect is a member-based organization for the Cardano ecosystem tasked with ensuring its continuity and future development. Developers can opt to join Intersect and contribute to proposals that maintain Cardano’s core technology and develop a roadmap for the future. Joining Intersect is an excellent opportunity to meet fellow Cardano developers and work together to contribute to the ecosystem.
Aggregating all your information onto a single profile
No matter which platform you are on, CNS lets you pull together all your information and links into a single profile. Whether you are looking to showcase your coding portfolio or your following on X, CNS lets you edit and curate your social information to best represent your developer profile. With the Web3 Card on CNS, you can easily share your profile with other users through a single QR code scan. Viewers of your profile can also be assured that the links in your profile have been vetted by you and are secure. The decentralized domain registry ensures that all the information tied to CNS can only be edited by the owner of the CNS, ensuring your data remains secure. Learn more about using CNS to build your developer profile on Cardano today!
About CNS
Cardano Name Service (CNS) is a platform for social networking on the Cardano network, empowering users to build their social presence, with .ada domains acting as gateways to their social identity. CNS uses a decentralized domain registry to scale efficiently while preserving security. Our unique data architecture ensures users retain full ownership of their CNS domains and the data associated with them.
With a unique and identifiable CNS domain linked to each user’s identity, DAOs, projects and companies can find new ways to identify active community members, reward participation, and issue verifiable credentials, opening up more opportunities to build a stronger and connected organization.
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Resolver SDK: https://github.com/cns-space/cns-resolver-sdk
