Right now EWG estimates the technical commitment for products as part of the post-DG1 work team analysis (part of this framework). This gets potential upcoming work on our radar which is honestly great, but it’s not all that actionable since at that point we don’t have a definitive green light to start building.
I also think EWG can be more proactive about surfacing opportunities. We’re in a good position to see what can be made better and what existing problems can be solved with code.
The good news is that lots of talented Web2.0 engineers are making their way into the crypto space every day. Many of them are super passionate about learning new things and searching for the right opportunity to break into blockchain development. A few will be able to become productive smart contracts developers relatively quickly, especially If they have solid experience with server-side (backend) coding. We want to find the few!
A few ideas that come to mind:
- Sponsoring hackathons
- Attending Ethereum developer conferences
- Setting up unique bounties
- Hosting virtual or local meetups
- Writing technical blog posts
- Sharing educational content aimed at new developers (@dabit3 has built a huge following doing this and has gotten tons of exposure for Graph Protocol).
- Selling live owls as NFTs (for KYC’d owl-friendly homes
).