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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)

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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)

@JacobKerr17

Forward Deployed Recruiter @tempo // prev Talent @Paradigm

San Francisco, California

Joined July 2012

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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Nov 17, 2025
The talent pool in crypto feels perpetually thin. There are only ~50-100 top people on the market at any given time -- and everyone is fighting for the same people. In parallel, some of the best talent with experience in crypto has either (1) retired or (2) started their own
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Oct 9, 2023
1/ Excited to (finally!) be sharing a short piece on Hiring a Web3 Community Manager that I wrote while at @paradigm -- really enjoyed the deep dive, and hope founders find it useful! 🧵
Hiring a Web3 Community Manager
From paragraph.com
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Jul 28, 2025
The @paradigm team is growing! 🚀 We’re helping the best investment firm in crypto (I’m biased) find a senior software engineer to help build internal AI products that will shape the future of crypto investing. If you are... • a fullstack engineer • excited to build product
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Sep 9, 2025
Candidates: if you find yourself talking for more than 90 seconds at a time … STOP. Literally — stop, and say, “I can go into more detail, but I want to make sure I’m addressing your question.” One of the most common reasons a candidate will get rejected is for rambling or
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Mar 15, 2025
The SF crypto community is such a good vibe ❤️🥖☕️🎲♟️🗺️ cc @sui414 @philipliao_
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Jul 18, 2025
SF crypto is so back - shoutout @segall_max 👑 for the awesome talk and story (It never truly left, it just needed some time to reset)
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Aug 4, 2025
We’re looking for a General Counsel at @ellipsis_labs — a vertically integrated DEX on Solana that’s paving the way for MEV-resistant AMM design. Why join? Founders are elite: @0xShitTrader (ex Jane Street, Quip, MIT) and @jarxiao (ex Citadel, Hedgehog, Solana Labs, Berkeley)
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Apr 16, 2024
Replying to @alz_zyd_
My clients get flooded with new grad resumes and it’s brutal. Startups need senior people; big tech hasn’t (fully) resumed university hiring. New grads are competing against folks still finding their way after layoffs + other new grads. High supply, low demand = blood bath
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Jun 5, 2025
I tried to reschedule a meeting … and the other person said “no let’s keep it.” I don’t know what to do. I’ve never been rejected for trying to reschedule a meeting.
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Nov 11, 2024
ENS officially taking things to the next level 🚀
Katherine Wu | katherine.eth
@katherinewu
Nov 11, 2024
🔊 Announcing: Namechain by @ensdomains, a purpose-built Layer 2 solution. This is the next evolution in ENS and part of the larger ENSv2 direction. By dramatically reducing costs, improving performance, and providing a familiar Ethereum developer experience our hope is to
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Apr 2, 2025
The best way to build your network isn't to *actively* network. It's doing cool, impactful shit. It attracts other cool, impactful people.
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Jul 15, 2025
Super stoked to drop our first case study with our longest-standing (and highest growth) team: @conduitxyz Check out more details below on how we scaled Conduit from Seed to Series A 👇📈
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Aug 9, 2025
The vibes at Frontiers were immaculate this week 😎 Thanks @gakonst and @paradigm for hosting, super high quality as always
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Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)
@JacobKerr17
Mar 13, 2025
So much of my job is introducing friends and founders with one another to build a relationship — not even to get a job, just to meet. And it’s so mystifying when one of those people doesn’t want to take the call. I get it. You’re busy. We’re all busy. But play the long
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