{"id":6420,"date":"2023-08-02T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T09:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/?p=6420"},"modified":"2023-10-02T05:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T05:35:08","slug":"celo-developer-story-salary-web3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/celo-developer-story-salary-web3\/","title":{"rendered":"From Vapi to Web3: How this 23-Year-Old Landed His Dream Job at Celo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Web3 space today is divided into two different groups: those who have already anticipated the failure of the decentralized domain and those who think of Web3<\/a> as the future of the Internet. One\u2019s opinion, to a great extent, is dictated by what social media echo chamber one is a part of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While opinions can be agreed and disagreed upon, stories and experiences tend to depict a near-perfect picture. One such story is that of Viral Sangani, 23, whom I had the pleasure of interviewing while he was attending the ETH Global<\/a> event in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Viral’s hometown – Vapi – a city in South Gujarat <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Currently serving as a DevRel at Celo<\/a>, a job he landed because the recruiter stumbled upon the articles and guides<\/a> that he wrote online, it is indeed intriguing to learn that Viral did his early schooling at a Gujarati Medium school at Vapi, a city in South Gujarat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celo is a popular mobile-first EVM-compatible<\/a> blockchain. Available in over 800 different cities and 150-plus countries, it is one of the fastest-growing Web3<\/a> companies. For Viral, it all started when his father brought him a second-hand computer. \u201cIt was one of those Pentium 4 single-core CPUs\u201d, he elaborated. Little did he know that his early interaction with technology and his failed attempts at trying to mine BTC<\/a> by installing random software at the mere age of 14 would play such a pivotal role in landing him what he calls an \u201cideal job\u201d at 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>My life would have been on a very different trajectory had I not changed my major to Computer Science.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it was at all planned\u201d, expressed Viral, referring to his current remote job that includes perks like traveling, creative freedom, and good pay. However, he believes that there have been moments in his life whose effect snowballed to get him where he is today. Growing up in a family, with parents who never coerced him into pursuing a certain field and an elder brother who served as a constant source of inspiration and motivation, Viral always had the freedom to choose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His first key moment was when he was all primed and ready to follow in his brother\u2019s footsteps to become the second Electrical Engineer in his family only to change his decision in the nick of time. With immense joy and satisfaction, he proclaimed, \u201cI\u2019m grateful that I changed my major to Computer Science because otherwise, my life would have been on a very different trajectory altogether\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read this too \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udd2e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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