If you’re hungry for a Web 3 career, then you’re probably wondering, “what are the Web 3 jobs available?”
In our previous article, we discussed how Web 3 has opened up a new set of careers. In this edition, we’ll do a deep dive into the high-paying Web 3 jobs available.
Web 3 Jobs Available Today
We’ll discuss three careers specific to Web 3 and the following:
- Job Description
- Skills Needed
- Potential Earnings
Smart Contract Developer
Job Description
If a company is utilizing the blockchain, they will be working with smart contracts.
To explain, a smart contract executes when certain conditions are met. They run on pure code, are decentralized, and function without a central authority.
For example:
- From your crypto wallet, you deposit PHP5,000 of Bitcoin into a smart contract which,
- Earns 12% interest per year, paid at the end of each month.
- Every 30th, your wallet receives PHP50.
- After 365 days, the PHP5,000 is returned to your wallet.
Smart contract developers write the code responsible for these self-executing contracts.
Skills Needed
Ethereum remains the most popular smart contract platform and is written in its native language, Solidity.
Aside from Ethereum, other platforms have emerged over the years: Solana, Avalanche, and Cardano, among others. Each platform comes with its respective language.
To be a developer, you’ll have to learn the language.
Potential Earnings
Blockchain developers are one of the most in-demand Web 3 jobs available. According to Emeritus, you can earn the following:
| Position | Experience (in years) | Avg. Yearly Salary Range |
| Junior Developer | 1 to 2 | $52,000 – $104,000 |
| Senior Developer | 3 to 5 | $77,000 – $161,000 |
| Blockchain Master | 7 to 10 | $90,000 – $225,000 |
Sheesh! I must be in the wrong industry.
Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Artist
Job Description
Last November 2021, celebrity Heart Evangelista sold two NFT works for 17.35ETH or PHP3.6M at the time. While few of us are expecting the same success, NFTs have opened up a respectable career path.
As an NFT artist, you will be tasked with creating and designing artwork to be deployed on the blockchain.
Skills Needed
Whether you’re working freelance or as an in-house artist, you need to get familiar with digital art forms. Unlike physical art, which requires skill with a canvas and oils, digital artists use software such as Photoshop, Procreate, and more.
Earnings Potential
While it’s difficult to exactly gauge how much an NFT artist makes, certain studies point to the high earning potential of an NFT artist.
Here’s an earnings snapshot from the State of Crypto by venture capital a16z:
| Platform | Platform Revenue | Est. Number of Creators | Avg. Revenue per Creator |
| NFTs | $3.9 Billion | 22,400 creators | $174,000 |
| Spotify | $7.0 Billion | 11,000,000 artists | $636 |
| Youtube | $15.0 Billion | 37,000,000 channels | $405 |
As a16z is a Web 3 venture capital firm, let’s take the above table with a grain of salt. Most likely, there are NFT artists unaccounted for. This would bring average revenue down.
Regardless, by removing the middleman, blockchain and NFTs have enabled digital creators to benefit more from their creations.
If you want to learn more about how NFTs are helping artists thrive, you can read about it here.
Community Manager
Job Description
Due to the rise of the internet and social media, we have seen the formation of online communities. Whether on Discord, Tiktok, or Twitter, these platforms enable brands to engage their customers more frequently and personally.
Web 3 projects have doubled down on Discord platforms due to their multi-functionality. For Twitter, the platform provides lightning-fast communication that has attracted the majority of Web 3 participants.
Even The Mega Maxi has its own Discord and Twitter communities. Join us here.
Web 3 organizations heavily focus on the community aspect of brand building. In the NFT world specifically, people primarily buy NFTs for the “community.”
As a community manager, you’re in charge of maintaining lively online communities, especially on Twitter and Discord.
Skills Needed
Better have a strong meme game!
As many participants are millennials and Gen Z, meme culture is prevalent. Memes represent a dynamic way of communicating with community members.
Don’t you think we’re serious? Check out some of The Mega Maxi’s memes.
Aside from having a strong sense of humor, the Discord platform requires specific knowledge on:
- Organizing and restricting channels
- Hosting games
- Programming bots
Meanwhile, Twitter has been a great community-building tool. Web 3 projects hold frequent Twitter Spaces, where founders and team members can speak directly to members. Community managers setup, promote, and host these spaces.
Earnings Potential
Community Managers most specially enter our list of high paying Web 3 jobs available because they are available to a more diverse range of talent.
For example, NFT projects can hire college students and part-timers. This enables applicants to start earning at an earlier age. In addition, community managers are often paid with Whitelists.
A whitelist allows people to buy an NFT at the ground level. By this time, we know how an NFT can turn into hundreds of thousands or millions of pesos overnight.
To End…
The blockchain industry has created new careers. Our list represents just a few of those. There’s no better time to hop into the Web 3 space as interest remains low.
To learn more about the high earning potential of the Web 3 industry, check out our previous guide here.
