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Want to become a full-time DAO contributor? These seven points need to be understood

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Daos expand the quality and quantity of opportunities available to each participant.

Working for DAO

Original author: BanklessDAO & Gioser

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Welcome to DAO Life! In this edition, we explored how to become a full-time DAO contributor. If you have friends who want to know how to choose a DAO, how to build a reputation, or how to get paid, we have the answer for you. Who knows, you can even build a reputation with your on-chain resume!

Next, we share snippets of highlights and ideas from the latest DAO ecosystem so you can easily eliminate noise and keep up to date with the DAO world.

This is the current state of the DAO.

What are the skills required, how to get started and how to get paid!

In the future, ordinary people may not work for traditional companies or corporations. The future of work is now being created, emerging through new ways of coordination, production and compensation, enabled by networks formed around blockchain and cryptographic protocols. This shift is already starting to open up new ways for individuals worldwide to generate revenue, and because of its rapid growth, is setting the stage for the transfer of value from traditional organizations to DAOs.

Select the DAO

A decentralized autonomous organization is an Internet native organization collectively managed and owned by its members. Daos provide the tools needed to effectively organize people and resources so that everyone can access them. Daos come in many different shapes and sizes: DAOs manage encryption protocols, make venture investments, provide services to other DAOs, buy NFT, and so on.

While there are multiple DAOs, they all share the same elements that set them apart from traditional organizations and enable them to be open, accountable, and equally distribute the value created within them.

The DAO's job is the future

Think of DAOs as essentially open economies for people to participate in, mixing and matching their talents and skills and letting them work while allocating ownership. The DAO expands the quality and quantity of opportunities available to each participant (core contributors, bounty hunters, token holders, visitor passes, etc.).

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How to participate in

There is no specification when you join the DAO. Everyone has a different way of doing things. Once you find a DAO that really interests you and you think is a good match, you'll want to familiarize yourself with the culture or atmosphere of the community. The best place to be is where DAO members are most active. Join a community conference call, rookie meeting, or guild meeting and start learning!

Atmosphere to check

Go to the community you're interested in and see what it's all about. Check out their atmosphere, look around, understand what the community is trying to achieve, and try to understand why people are there. Choosing a DAO to participate in and work for should be a deliberate process, similar to choosing a job IRL. Be prepared; It takes time and effort!

Once you find a DAO that matches your values and interests, go ahead and introduce yourself! Don't overthink it. The people who contribute to the DAO are some of the friendliest people in the crypto ecosystem, always happy to connect with new people and show others their work. Share your background, relevant work experience, and motivation for joining the DAO. After the introduction, it is important to actively participate, attend meetings, keep up with DAO developments, and share your ideas and findings with peers.

This is just the beginning of your DAO journey! Transitioning from being part of a DAO to working for a person takes time, effort, and consistency. Contributing to the DAO is creating value through participation, taking ownership and responsibility, and adding value to the DAO.

How to contribute?

When I joined BanklessDAO in September, I was overwhelmed by the amount of information, the number of guilds and the complexity of my daily activities. Instinctively, I joined the guild that best suited my education and skill set. After a hectic week of familiarization with the Discord channel and Notion page, I attended my first community call, followed by a weekly meeting of the Society of Translators. Soon after, I started translating Weekly Rollup and Decentralized Arts, and later that month, I started distributing them to the Greek-speaking Bankless community. This was a great opportunity for me to find my own way around the DAO and start contributing. Everyone's journey through the DAO is different and unique!

You may not be able to start contributing to the project right away. Start by having a meaningful conversation with your peers in a dedicated Discord channel. Conduct these activities openly and honestly to add value to processes such as governance, membership, roles and procedures. The key to being a DAO contributor is to declare your availability and take responsibility for projects or tasks that you can perform and add value to. This process is very different from working in the corporate world. In the DAO, no one gives up a job, and you have to be proactive in finding meaningful work. Once you find it, you don't have to ask permission or spend hours justifying your actions. All you need to do is present your idea at a meeting, write a small forum post, build consensus in your group, and you're ready to go. Volunteering and getting things done is the way to go! Don't hesitate to participate.

The DAO requires members to take the lead, propose new projects, initiate initiatives, and address issues along the way in an inclusive manner.

Most of what happens in daOs is done collaboratively because decision rights are decentralized. Everyone can express, define, and pursue their vision, and leadership will come from those who identify gaps in organizational structures and products and address them.

Build an on-chain resume

In daOs, it is important to earn trust through work. The DAO is looking for reliable contributors who can work independently in a way that respects the collective will of the organization. The credentials received in Web3 are individual specific; they are not numbers in an application or platform. Your reputation is built on blockchain, so no one can remove or suspend them. The value you provide in any Web3 community you participate in can be tracked through tokens, POaps, and NFT, with which daOs and communities reward their contributors. You carry them around as your on-chain reputation and resume. Once you build a reputation in the community and enrich your on-chain resume, more opportunities will open up.

Prior to that, there were many different roles depending on the focus of the DAO, but here are some inVarious & have spent Common roles in DAO:

- Community Manager: The DAO as a community usually needs to act as moderator/manager and the glue that holds the project or guild together.

- Project Manager: &NBsp; The DAO's primary product creation takes place in a portfolio, and having project management experience, knowing how to organize a group of people and put them to work, is a sought-after skill.

- Scribe/writer: A large number of meetings take place inside daOs every day, and because people work asynchronously, this means there is a great need for people to record and summarize events, meetings, and discussions.

- Artist/Creator: & NBSP; NFT has become a popular way for DAOs to generate revenue streams, and POaps are a common way to reward participation. In this sense, DAO attaches great importance to artistic ability.

- Developer: Daos typically build their own tools and products. If you are a coder, you can definitely find daOs that require your skills.

- Finance Director/Economist: The DAO is heavily funded. As a result, contributors with a financial background and experience in budgeting, capital diversification and asset allocation are highly valued.

As you can see from the list above, you don't have to be a programmer or computer science major to join the DAO and start contributing. Even in the tech-oriented protocol DAO, these skills are valued and sought after.

The compensation

The rule of the DAO economy is first and foremost to bring value to the community, requiring proof of work unless you demand a fixed allocation of the bounty. This means that every new person should overcome the latent initial stage and truly participate in the community, taking responsibility, performing tasks, and providing value. As mentioned above, in daOs, on the work side, a lot depends on trust. Once you earn that trust through your work, you will not only gain a reputation in the community, you will be rewarded for it.

That being said, it should be noted that getting paid through the DAO can take some time. The DAO provides them with countless opportunities to work for them without the need for formality or bias (such as interviews). Providing upfront work speaks volumes about a person's skills and commitment to the project.

There are several ways to get paid in a DAO, such as:

1. Coordinape is a Web3 native platform that enables the DAO to fairly distribute compensation to contributors through point-to-point distribution. Projects, grants and salaries can be distributed through Coordinape, which also motivates participants to increase their future contributions. This is what my first Guest Pass in BanklessDAO looked like (the node head above)!

2. Role setting: Guilds usually have predefined roles, especially in coordination, governance, finance, and onboarding. Characters are usually paid in tokens based on the number of hours/week required for each function.

3. Funding: Every DAO, especially the major DAO, has a funding program. Some, like Uniswap, Compound, Sushi and Aave, have a lot of money. Allocating funds to people who have unique ideas and suggestions for services provides additional value to the agreement.

4. Bounty: The bounty board is a collection of discrete tasks, each job with an associated price tag. The bounty allows for truth-free and frictionless interaction between DAO freelancers and publishers, as the bounty is distributed immediately upon completion of current work terms and conditions. DAO, which uses the bounty to motivate the community to complete various tasks.

5. Getting hired by DAOs: While choosing a "full-time DAO" doesn't necessarily mean you quit your job or go full time into the DAO space, there are many DAOs that offer full-time jobs. Protocol DAOs typically have the resources to provide stablecoin-based salaries and a stable work environment to enable contributors to make the switch.

BanklessDAO Bounty Committee Awards sub-form

In the DAO economy, there are no rules on how to pay fixed contributions, and some DAOs pay standard hourly rates while others rely primarily on Coordinape to reward their contributors. Payments are typically made in the DAO's governance token or currency available in its Treasury. As DAOs grow and attract more people willing to become full-time DAOs, compensation is becoming one of the most discussed topics within organizations, with many developing different ways to reward contributors.

conclusion

Working for the DAO was not just about making money; the DAO represented a new framework for human coordination, and thus an organizational culture where ownership was taken back and given to the community that built it.

There are many benefits to the DAO and participating in the DAO's life, because the spirit of the community is at its core. Contributing to the DAO means participating in a vibrant community culture of people who share your values and vision of the world.

Because the DAO is in a phase of continuous growth, they are always looking for talent. These people have the right attitude, want to contribute and are willing to take on tasks/responsibilities and deliver them. Whether your goal is to create something fun with others or earn a full-time salary, there are many ways to get paid for your contributions, effort, and time in your organization. While one could argue that there are a number of ways people can start contributing meaningfully to the DAO, it seems to me that one of them stands out, being proactive, helpful, and willing to share your experiences when present will greatly increase your chances of becoming a full-time DAO contributor.