Why can't you dig blockchain talents with an annual salary of 5 million?

Recently, a blockchain job advertisement in Beijing exploded in the circle of friends, requiring candidates to have in-depth research on blockchain technology and cryptography, and the annual salary given is not less than 5 million yuan, and the top is not capped.

"This is indeed the status quo of blockchain talent recruitment. But even so, no one can be dug, because qualified people are hard to find. " Lu Sheng, a headhunter of a hunting platform, said in an interview.

According to the global statistics of LinkedIn, from the current 550 million users, from 20 15 to 20 17, the number of people who marked blockchain-related technologies in their professional skills increased by 19 times.

The reporter logged into a recruitment website and found that there are nearly 300 positions related to blockchain at present, and they are all well paid. Most of the companies recruited are technology companies, and the positions of blockchain recruitment are diversified, including blockchain researchers, development engineers, investment analysts, copywriters, business product managers, and technical experts. The annual salary of ordinary blockchain engineers can reach about 500,000 yuan, and the annual salary of directors is more than 5 million yuan.

It is worth noting that among these recruitment companies, there are Internet giants such as Ant Financial, JD.COM and Tencent, as well as communication companies such as China Mobile and China Unicom.

Song, a senior researcher at Suning Financial Research Institute, told the reporter: "From the perspective of development experience, the rise of the domestic blockchain industry has been concentrated in the last two or three years, and there are very few people with long-term development experience in the talent market." He believes that excessive salary will inevitably attract some speculators, but the increase in salary has not brought about the improvement of the application threshold. Even some recruiters have only a little knowledge of blockchain technology, which also puts forward new challenges for the recruitment of blockchain talents.

Talents in the core areas of blockchain stations are hard to find.

Rita, a headhunter, has worked in the circle for many years and has long been concerned about Internet finance, education, medical care, Internet of Things and other fields. Now, blockchain has become the focus of her attention. She told reporters, "Now the demand for blockchain talents has increased by about 2.3 times compared with the same period of last year, and there is indeed a shortage of talents." However, she believes that the blockchain "lacks not technical talents, but architects and talents who deeply understand the blockchain."

Sydney, an analyst at Tian Yan Research Institute of Online Lending, also believes that "there are many technical talents in China, but blockchain is a concept and technology that has only appeared in recent years. There are not many talents who really understand and understand blockchain technology, or there are not many talents with blockchain ideas, or even few. "

The "20 18 Talent Trend Report" directly hired by the mobile recruitment platform BOSS can more intuitively see the demand of the blockchain talent market. The report shows that in the first two months of 20 18, the recruitment demand of blockchain-related talents has reached 9.7 times that of the same period of 20 17. In addition to strong demand, the average salary of talents in the blockchain industry is also relatively high, reaching 25,800 yuan. The release area of blockchain-related positions is highly concentrated, accounting for more than 80% in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and 44% in Beijing.

According to the data of BOSS's direct employment, 5 1% of these companies are start-ups of A round and below. In terms of scale, the proportion of companies with less than 100 employees reached 62%.

The reporter found that in terms of fields, enterprises recruiting talents related to blockchain are mainly concentrated in three fields: Internet finance, computer software and enterprise services, accounting for more than 50%. In specific positions, the demand of blockchain application development engineers and bottom R&D engineers is relatively high.

Wang Xiaoting, co-founder of Jieyue, told the reporter, "Compared with domestic enterprises' thirst for talents, blockchain talents that meet the requirements of enterprises are still scarce. On the one hand, blockchain technology is actually a comprehensive technology, involving cryptography, computer network, game theory, system engineering and many other aspects. It is more difficult than other technologies in terms of personnel training, especially in domestic universities. There are fewer professional courses related to blockchain technology, and blockchain talents with professional backgrounds are in short supply. On the other hand, there are many talents with basic knowledge of blockchain technology, but there are few talents with both business logic and innovative thinking. Although the blockchain talent market is hot, there are not many talents who really meet the requirements of enterprises. "

"Due to the lack of accumulation and precipitation, there are very few experienced blockchain talents, and more professionals in related fields such as distributed systems, * * * * algorithms or cryptography turn to' eat crabs'." Chief data officer Yi Shan told reporters.

The blockchain bubble has risen, and training institutions have taken advantage of it.

On the one hand, there is a strong talent market demand, on the other hand, a dazzling array of blockchain training courses have been launched. According to the reporter's incomplete statistics, there are many institutions and training centers that currently carry out training courses related to blockchain talents, including dark horse programmers, vanguard education, Kong Yi College, Lianjinchengjinwang, Jutui College, 5 1CTO College and other institutions and organizations. Training costs range from several hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan. The reporter logged into the websites of several training institutions and found that the training courses on the blockchain are basically the same according to their training outlines, generally including cryptography, distributed, * * * * algorithm, source code analysis of Ethereum, database, network protocol and other courses. These training institutions are exaggerating and advocating blockchain without exception.

The reporter called the enrollment consultant of a training institution. He said: "There is blockchain training." When the reporter asked what courses could be trained, he said that his non-blockchain professional training teacher could specially ask professional teachers to call again to answer questions. He said, "It was made by a professional teacher."

"In fact, many courses may be the contents of existing basic courses, such as programming languages, databases, finance, cryptography and so on. The content of the blockchain may only account for a small part and is the basic content. Training institutions are just playing the gimmick of blockchain to attract students. " Sydney told reporters.

She also said, "At present, the blockchain has no exact definition and boundary, including its connotation and extension. In addition, the industry is in a regulatory vacuum, which also leads to chaos in the blockchain derivatives market. Some people blur the definition and boundary of blockchain, and engage in pyramid schemes, fraud, ICO illegal fund-raising and other activities under the guise of digital currency and digital assets. Because blockchain technology adopts the technical design of' decentralization', it is difficult for supervision to effectively control the main body, and many projects in the blockchain are international, and the sponsors may be overseas and it is difficult to be supervised. "

Song told reporters that it is not enough to master the use of some tools in the actual development process. Because there are still many problems in the efficiency and scalability of blockchain, it requires developers to improve the underlying platform of blockchain to meet the needs of practical applications. Blockchain technology combines cryptography, computer network and game theory, and is a typical compound comprehensive discipline. Mastering and understanding the underlying technology of blockchain is not a one-off event.

In chief data officer and Yi Shan's view, the core of blockchain is the change of social relations and business model based on the Internet distributed trust system, and the feature of this change is decentralization. "There are still many uncertainties in the future development of the blockchain. At present, the bubble is obvious, and many blockchain projects are unreliable. " He said.