The teams building Braintrust share their progress and plans for the week in this Growth Snapshot:
Total jobs on Braintrust over time.
Every company is hiring for tech talent. That’s evident by the influx of jobs on the platform, and how many incredible companies - from all different industries - are hiring on Braintrust:
Now how about a few success stories?
Let’s take a moment to recognize some amazing talent on the network who have recently landed jobs with more great brands:
Talent is everywhere around the world. Opportunity, unfortunately, is not. That’s a big problem Braintrust aims to solve. And thanks to a major milestone from this week, Braintrust is a big step closer.
Announcing the results of the BTRST token sale on CoinList! And yes, they’re incredible:
Thanks to this special event, the Braintrust community is now even more broad and far-reaching than before. With 22,500 new token holders from 122 countries, we’re expanding the number of people who can participate in and help this network grow.
If you’re reading this, you’re part of a worldwide movement to spread economic opportunity by building a fairer system of work. Learn more about how the CoinList sale was structured and the incredible impact this has made.
Some more food for thought:
Everyone has a different journey that leads them to Braintrust. But not everyone travels theirs on a motorcycle.
Meet Zoe Rem, a UX Designer on Braintrust whose path to Braintrust has several twists, turns, and leaps of faith. She started off moving out west to race motorcycles, got a bartending gig in San Francisco, and made a surprise discovery and entry into the world of UX Design when she discovered how awful the restaurant’s Point of Sale systems were.
Fast forward to today when she works full-time as a freelancer serving up spectacular UX Designs for her clients. And thanks to Braintrust, she has the confidence to security to do it risk-free.
Interested in getting the most out of your Braintrust experience like Zoe does? Check out some upcoming events for Braintrust Talent, designed to help you get hired:
Sensational. Revolutionary. Groundbreaking.
^ Just a few words that will undoubtedly be used to describe the history-making events of this week.
Wednesday, October 06 2021 marked the very first Braintrust Governance Proposal and community vote! This makes user-ownership and user-governance on Braintrust a reality, and is the first time the whole Braintrust community has the opportunity to have their voices heard when it comes to network matters. The vote occurring is whether to elect a community member, Braintrust Talent Calvin Blachard, as a Dispute Resolution Jury Arbitrator.
Let’s all have a moment of awestruck silence to commemorate blockchain-powered democracy in action:
Off-chain voting in progress: Electing Braintrust Talent Calvin Blachard as a Dispute Resolution Jury Arbitrator.
Aside from changing the way the world works, there are other notable infrastructure projects in the works:
Never get FOMO again.
Events for Braintrust Talent are awesome. From getting individualized help to improve your profiles and job proposals to tips for interviewing to all the latest updates about how the network is growing, events are a valuable element of the Braintrust experience. And with the new Talent Home rollout happening this week, you’ll never miss out on the events you care about!
Easily see the upcoming events schedule - and RSVP + add them to your calendar - right from the Homepage of your Talent dashboard. So convenient, you’ll never have to miss out.
With the exponential community growth last month, we'd like to shout out all the incredible community leaders for being incredible champions of this network - answering questions, offering insights, and overall engaging with all the new members during this exciting time.
So if you see a friendly face on Discord… give them a note of thanks!