{"id":11441,"date":"2017-09-02T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T17:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=11441"},"modified":"2017-10-06T13:50:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T17:50:36","slug":"the-street-smart-homework-required-to-get-a-legendary-job-or-internship-on-the-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/the-street-smart-homework-required-to-get-a-legendary-job-or-internship-on-the-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Street Smart Homework Required to Get a Legendary Job (or Internship) on The Blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang graduated engineering with a really, really high FICO credit score. Chiang now teaches credit score establishment, creative founder financing and <a title=\"street smart legal series\" href=\"https:\/\/voices.yahoo.com\/reducing-friction-startups-5-tips-founders-11074446.html?cat=3\" target=\"_blank\">street smart legal<\/a> at his Stanford Engineering inspired YouTube channel. His channel on &#8216;technology entrepreneurship&#8217; has as a basecamp, Stanford engineering&#8217;s, &#8220;Engineering 145&#8221;. It was also the theme of his Bloomberg BusinessWeek column, <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Business School\u201d<\/a>. Chiang preaches street smarts. After Chiang\u2019s Harvard Law keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/25\/what-they-don%E2%80%99t-teach-you-at-stanford-business-school-at-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/a>\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100\" cellpadding=\"20\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"cropped-head-shot1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cropped-head-shot1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"79\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_0972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_0972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_0972.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_0972-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_0972-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/884655414549372928\/bikaWbTR_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Patrick Stanley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@PatrickWStanley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley\/status\/902777416556437504?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/29\/17, 11:18 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My 1st email to Blockstack from 8 mos ago contained a 24-page growth deck and a 2-min product promo video on their product.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/884655414549372928\/bikaWbTR_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Patrick Stanley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@PatrickWStanley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley\/status\/902777664750194688?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/29\/17, 11:19 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">These guys didn&#8217;t even know who I was. But I spent 6 months studying information and communication theory and arrived at the conclusion&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/884655414549372928\/bikaWbTR_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Patrick Stanley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@PatrickWStanley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley\/status\/902778025963597826?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/29\/17, 11:20 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">that Blockstack would be a pillar of the Information Age. I was so convinced of this that I spent nearly two weeks creating those materials.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/884655414549372928\/bikaWbTR_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Patrick Stanley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@PatrickWStanley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley\/status\/902778343564730369?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/29\/17, 11:21 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I was so sure, and still am, that I aimed correctly, that I didn&#8217;t want any excuse for them to say &#8220;no&#8221;. I flew from Zurich to NYC to take..<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/884655414549372928\/bikaWbTR_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Patrick Stanley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@PatrickWStanley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwstanley\/status\/902779011788623873?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/29\/17, 11:24 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">..an interview on the chance they&#8217;d say yes. I&#8217;ve been in a state of bliss every day since then.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Study&#8230;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B5PcPC6ZC_GyYkVqZk9SdWxBU00<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B5PcPC6ZC_GyYkVqZk9SdWxBU00<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang graduated engineering with a really, really high FICO credit score. Chiang now teaches credit score establishment, creative founder financing and street smart legal at his Stanford Engineering inspired YouTube channel. His channel on &#8216;technology entrepreneurship&#8217; has as a basecamp, Stanford engineering&#8217;s, &#8220;Engineering 145&#8221;. It was also the theme of his Bloomberg BusinessWeek column, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internships","category-jobapreneur"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}