Tech Recruiting Foundations: 7 Recruiting for Blockchain

Course details

Tech is one of those rare places where demand for jobs is higher than the supply. How can recruiters and hiring managers get the best candidates for the job into the jobs they’re trying to fill? It helps to understand the tech well enough to know exactly what you need. In this series of courses, instructor Ayub Shaikh goes over high-level IT concepts and breaks them into easy-to-remember groupings. This course focuses on blockchain. Ayub describes the digitization of trust, then dives into the power and consequences of centralized systems, as well as the benefits of decentralized systems. Ayub helps you understand what cryptography and encryption are, then covers bitcoin, blockchain, and other cryptocurrencies. After explaining smart contracts, he goes into blockchain disruption across different industries and the strengths and weaknesses of blockchain. Ayub finishes up with useful advice on recruiting blockchain architects and software developers.

Concepts

1. Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Digitization of Trust

01 - Introduction to blockchain recruitment
02 - Time for the digitization of trust
03 - Fiat currencies - The IOU's in your pocket
04 - How strong are our institutions
05 - The birth of change

2. The Legacy of Centralized Systems

06 - Understanding centralized systems
07 - The power of centralized systems
08 - One November night in India
09 - Centralized databases and banking
10 - The beauty of decentralized systems
11 - The benefits of going p2p

3. Understanding Cryptography and Encryption

12 - What is cryptography
13 - Early cryptography
14 - Cryptography in the world wars
15 - Public key cryptography
16 - David Chaum and blind signatures
17 - Cypherpunks and techno-socialism
18 - Nick Szabo and smart contracts
19 - Who are Satoshi Nakamoto

4. Bitcoin and the Blockchain

20 - What Satoshi Nakamoto created
21 - The difference between bitcoin and blockchain
22 - The ledger - The core of bitcoin
23 - Lost bitcoins and expensive pizzas
24 - The open ledger
25 - Digital consensus
26 - Everyone is the banker
27 - Scarcity dictates the value
28 - What a cryptocurrency needs to achieve
29 - The problem of centralization
30 - The problem of the double spend

5. How Blockchain Works

31 - Diving into blockchain architecture
32 - How does the blockchain network work
33 - Why 'block' and why 'chain'
34 - Entering the blockchain system
35 - Bitcoin miners
36 - The anatomy of a block

6. Other Cryptocurrencies

37 - The top cryptocurrencies
38 - Ripple
39 - Litecoin and bitcoin cash
40 - Libra

7. Smart Contracts and Ethereum

41 - Key differences between Ethereum and bitcoin
42 - Smart contracts
43 - Recruiting Ethereum developers
44 - Smart contracts and IoT
45 - Advantages of smart contracts

8. Hyperledger and Private Blockchains

46 - What is Hyperledger
47 - Hyperledger Fabric and private blockchain

9. Blockchain Disruption across Industries

48 - Blockchain in the financial sector
49 - Identity
50 - Internet of Things and supply chain

10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Blockchain

51 - The benefits of blockchain technology
52 - The downsides of blockchain
53 - Trust issues and dodgy links

11. Recruiting Blockchain Candidates

54 - Recruiting blockchain candidates
55 - Core blockchain developers and architects
56 - Cryptography
57 - Blockchain software developer