Olaf Carlson-Wee – the first employee in the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) – got his job with a cold email and was paid exclusively in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for three years.
What happened: According to a CNBC report, Carlson-Wee sent his 90-page undergraduate thesis on Bitcoin in an enthusiastic but ‘annoyingly long’ cold email to Coinbase asking for work at the company.
He said: ‘I literally sent jobs to jobs @ coinbase and said,’ I like bitcoin. Here is my thesis. I will do any work. ‘
While such an approach can probably be ignored in most cases, Carlson-Wee received an email from one of Coinbase’s two co-founders, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), trader Fred Ehrsam, invited him for a video call five minutes later. The 20-minute video call led to an invitation for a personal interview in San Francisco.
At the end of the selection process, Carlson-Wee got a customer support position for three years and paid a starting salary of $ 50,000 a year in Bitcoin.
In early 2013, the price was just over $ 13 per bitcoin before rising to more than $ 1100 later that year.
Just yesterday, Bitcoin reached a new high of $ 64,000, just days after breaking $ 63,000 for the first time.
Price action: Coinbase shares closed at $ 325, with a gain of 0.70%.
Image: Glassdore, Coinbase
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