A blockchain developer shares his ordeal over the holidays when he was approached on LinkedIn by a "recruiter" for a web development job. The recruiter in question asked the developer to download npm packages from a GitHub repository, and hours later the developer discovered his MetaMask wallet had been emptied.
Thing is… I’m more angry at blockchain companies than the developers, even the subrate ones who make mistakes like this. Not every blockchain developer is a true believer; mostly, they’re just people trying to get by, and assuming the best of other people and job opportunities. It’s the way blockchain ecosystem encourages the consumption of the latter that really ticks me off.
personally i’m shocked that a blockchain developer might not be of the absolute first rate
Thing is… I’m more angry at blockchain companies than the developers, even the subrate ones who make mistakes like this. Not every blockchain developer is a true believer; mostly, they’re just people trying to get by, and assuming the best of other people and job opportunities. It’s the way blockchain ecosystem encourages the consumption of the latter that really ticks me off.