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# GET THE TEACHERS INTO WEB3!


In the fast-paced world of tech startups, having a team of skilled and adaptable individuals is crucial to success. While specialists may have expertise in a specific area, it's generalists who can find new ways to apply their skills to projects and fill in gaps for the organization. When it comes to finding the ultimate generalists, teachers should be at the top of your list.

Startups and DAOs are idea factories, constantly churning out new product or service ideas, and team members often wear multiple hats. As a result, organizations need workers who can plan and execute, constantly seek improvement, collaborate, and build community. Generalists build the machines that specialists will improve upon, and teachers are exceptional generalists.

Teachers are experts at creating and executing plans for small groups. In a classroom, they design their curriculum plan, condense it to daily lesson plans, and must manage their time effectively; they focus on ensuring that students learn and grow daily. This planning and execution ability translates well to the startup environment, where project management skills are critical to success.

Another strength of teachers is their ability to learn on their own. Teachers are autodidacts who constantly seek to improve their skills and knowledge. They are always looking for new teaching methods and technologies to help their students learn more effectively. This passion for learning and improvement is critical in a startup environment, where innovation is crucial for success.

Teachers are resourceful and creative problem-solvers who continuously seek ways to improve their teaching outcomes. They steal ideas from anywhere that works. This translates well to the startup environment, where innovation is key to success. In addition, teachers are skilled at cobbling together a focused, cohesive experience for contributors from a hodgepodge of disparate tools. This is especially valuable in open-source web3, where customization is key, but can also be overwhelming without the right expertise.

Working with groups of people is another strength of teachers. They are skilled at managing classrooms full of students, parents, and colleagues. They understand how to build relationships, manage conflicts, and motivate others to achieve their goals. This ability to work with groups of people is essential in a startup environment, where collaboration is critical to success.

Teachers are also experts at navigating community. They understand the importance of providing constructive criticism and encouragement to help their students learn and grow. This translates well to the startup environment, where a strong culture of feedback and community can lead to a more productive and engaged team.

Finally, teachers are skilled at teaching people about tools, products, and organizational structures. They understand how to break down complex information into smaller, more manageable pieces that are easy to understand. This skill is invaluable in a startup environment, where new employees may be unfamiliar with the products and tools they will be using.

In conclusion, startups and DAOs need generalists until they have the money to hire specialists. Teachers are the ultimate generalists, possessing a unique skill set that makes them invaluable to tech startups. They are excellent planners and executors, problem-solvers, expert communicators, and community builders. In the land of specialists, the generalist is king, and when it comes to hiring generalists, startups should look no further than the world of education.

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Startups and DAOs are idea factories, churning to find product/market fit and validate the ideas of their founders. In these kinds of ever-changing organizations, everyone wears 12 hats. Folks have to task switch constantly and one person may be writing content, making videos, doing bizdev outreach, building community, and building internal organizational structures. 

In these spaces, generalists assemble the machines that specialists will later iterate on. The specialists will find what parts can be redesigned, lube certain areas to make it run faster, and engineer it to perfection.

Startups and DAOs need generalists more than any other type of person, until they can hire specialists to do *task_X* better and faster than they can. You need general purpose hackers to quickly solve problems and iterate before you bring in the SQL database specialists to scale the backend it.

You need people who can do marketing, foster community, create tutorial videos, respond to users, be present in a community, write documentation, and organize all that information in a comprehensible way. You need teachers!
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- startups/DAOs are idea factories
    - new product/service/idea 
    - everyone wears 12 hats at the same time
    - constantly having to task switch
    - generalists ⚙ are your cogs to build the machines that specialists will improve
- startups (daos) need generalists until they have money to hire specialists
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- teachers are the ultimate generalists 💪💪
    - planning
    - execution of a plan
    - autodidacts
    - constantly seeking improvement
    - stealing ideas from anywhere that works
    - cobbling together a contributor/user experience from hodgepodge of disparate tools
        - > The wonderful thing about web3 is it's completely customizable, the terrible thing about web3 is it's completely customizable.
    - community/culture
    - feedback loops
    - teach people about the tools/products/org structures

> In the land of specialists, the generalist is king.
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