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From YouTube: NEARVERSE - Day 0 - Sherif Abushadi W/ NEAR Foundation
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The legendary Sherif!
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A
A
This
talk
towards
one
goal:
many
paths,
how
individuals
brought
their
perspective
to
learning
near.
I
think
the
key
message
here
is
that
there's
many
of
us
that
are
working
on
this
and
we're
very
lucky
to
have
the
team
that
we
have
and
to
have
the
chance
to
grow
this
team
in
the
way
that
we
plan
to
grow
it
so
hopefully,
by
the
end
of
this
presentation,
you'll
see
and
maybe
agree
that
we're
doing
good
things
and
we'll
be
doing
even
greater
things
in
the
next
months
and
years
to
come.
So
thank
you.
A
A
I
was
hired
by
peter
depalo,
head
of
devrel
and
education
was
a
devrel
function.
We
decided
to
start
on
docs
documentation
and
spent
some
time
there
in
2020,
still
reactive,
still
a
devrel
function.
A
A
A
We've
been
improving
workshops,
but
this
year
we've
really
focused
on
certification
as
you'll
see,
building
edtech
products
to
support
developers
in
the
community
and
team
growth
next
year.
Continuing
with
the
proactive
stance,
hopefully
we'll
see,
15
or
more
people
on
the
team
will
be
integrated.
A
So,
let's
focus
on
this
year.
What
happened?
Actually
this
year
in
2021
near
foundation,
chose
to
invest
in
education
in
two
stages,
basically
stage
one
was
months
ago
in
q1
and
the
directive
was,
you
know,
make
this
work.
Let's,
let's
see
something
working
here,
something
that's
tangible
that
we
can
point
at
and
direct
people
to
and
and
stage
two
we'll
get
to
in
just
a
minute,
so
in
q1,
near
foundation,
hired
sasha
baxter
for
education,
operational
support
and
within
days
with
support
and
encouragement
from
peter
depaulo.
A
So
at
this
point
we
really
had
a
five-day
course
that
took
people
from
what
is
near
to
building
a
working
demonstration,
a
smart
contract
that
was
running
on
near
mostly
an
assembly
script,
but
also
summon
rust
and
within
weeks
we'd
helped.
Many
developers
build
smart
contracts
at
an
increasing
rate
of
dozens
of
contracts
per
month.
A
Of
course,
in
response
to
people
saying
slow
down
a
little
bit,
this
is
too
fast
and
we
need
this.
We
need
the
explanation,
simplified
and
so
on.
Sasha
launched,
learn
near
club
to
offer
multilingual
self-paced
experiences
and
that
that
took
us
to
30
days
of
a
self-paced
learning
experience
all
the
way
to
a
demo.
A
So
their
course
is
two
weeks
long
part-time
three
touch
points
per
week
and
invites
members
of
the
community
to
come
in
and
demonstrate
and
help
new
developers
envision
what's
possible,
and
so
two
weeks
to
a
demo
is
what
they
went
with,
and
it's
going
very
well.
A
We
engaged
around
the
same
time,
four
coding
boot
camp
grads
who'd,
completed
the
near
certified
developer
program
to
help
our
program
stay,
grounded
in
a
beginner-friendly
reality.
Basically
because
millions
of
developers
worldwide
are
still
learning,
as
the
rate
of
developers
doubles.
Maybe
every
five
years.
A
If
that
statistic
is
still
relevant
about
half
developers,
half
of
the
developers
on
the
planet
would
then
have
less
than
five
years
experience
at
any
given
moment
and
one
of
those
boot
camp,
grads,
hibba,
conceived
and
launched
near
in
minutes
basically
to
deliver
bite-sized
binge-worthy
lessons
to
devs,
and
so
we
had
five
minutes
to
clarity
at
this
point
and
nier
foundation
committed
additional
capital
at
that
point
to
grow
the
educational
team.
They
like
what
we
were
doing
and
said
hey.
Why
don't
you
pick
it
up?
A
We
hired
daniel
putkovko,
a
design,
lead
and
ben
syed
a
developer
to
the
team
ben
designed
and
built
near
mesa,
bringing
the
time
to
a
demo
down
to
one
hour
basically,
but
we
actually
held
off
on
launching
that
product
in
favor
of
optimizing
developer
support
because
ben
is
is
quite
a
flexible
developer,
and
so
he
can
build
software
but
also
enjoys
working
one-on-one,
helping
support
people
in
discord,
and
so
he
leaned
into
that.
A
If
we're
lucky
he'll
come
back
to
nirmeza
in
2022
dan
and
jacob
meanwhile
designed
and
built
stats
gallery,
you
may
have
heard
of
it
as
an
inviting
way
to
explore
near
account
activity
and,
and
that
brought
in
a
new
entry
of
maybe
one
minute
to
clarity
on
what's
going
on
with
an
account
or
a
contract
and-
and
that
was
very
exciting
shortly
after
we
hired
shashi
shaker
to
help
with
strategy,
grow
partnerships
and
streamline
team
operations.
A
We
launched
near
university
shortly
thereafter
with
live
and
self-paced
workshops
to
support
metabuild
hackathon
and
there
we
had
really
some
of
these
workshops.
Taking
people
from
you
know
not
understanding
a
concept
down
to
10
minutes
to
producing
a
demo.
Thanks
to
contributions
by
a
number
of
members
of
the
community
that
helped
with
that
also
in
q3
we
distributed
over
half
a
million
dollars
worth
of
fast
grants.
A
new
accelerated
program
for
distributing
funds
to
about
20
partners
and
projects
that
are
now
focusing
on
building
out
educational
services
and
software.
A
And
so
a
stage
two
here
we
can
say
is
q4
where
near
foundation
said
okay,
so
far,
so
good
now,
you've
made
something
work.
Can
we
make
this
big?
And
so
here
we
are
in
october,
and
so
far
we've
launched
near
university
discord
server
with
200
attendees
200
members
joining
there
twitter,
with
over
500
followers.
Already
we've
relaunched
the
ncd
program
level.
A
One
now
is
a
seven
hour
learning
experience
so
one
day
to
a
demo
down
from
five
days
and
we've
designed
and
launched
two
completely
new
educational
experience,
experiences
ncd
level
two
one
day
to
a
full
stack
application
and
your
certified
instructor
two
weeks
to
teaching
near
certified
developers
how
to
build
next
month.
Hopefully
we'll
see
that
shorten
even
down
to
one
week
to
teaching.
A
We
also
launched
three
new
engagement
programs,
the
fellowship
program
with
entrepreneur
in
residence
and
developer
and
residence
programs.
A
couple
of
dozen
people
are
engaged
in
those
roles
at
the
moment,
the
partner
program
with
weekly
kpis
and
monthly
roundtable
and
the
ambassador
program,
targeting
hundreds
of
universities
around
the
world
and
very
recently,
we've
relaunched
near
university
to
highlight
new
programs,
partnerships
and
other
ways
to
learn,
earn
and
connect.
So
we've
been
very
busy
so
far
in
october.
A
Basically,
these
lightweight
programs,
where
people
come
in
like
near
academy
and
learn
a
little
bit
about
near
hundreds
of
university
students
exposed
to
near
10
certified
near
instructors,
thousands
of
dollars,
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
distributed
through
three
dao
programs,
one
for
instructors,
one
for
alumni,
one
for
mainnet
projects,
hundreds
of
near
certified
developers
and
dozens
of
jobs
offered
a
dozen
or
so
eirs
and
dirs,
and
testament
applications
launched
and
mainnet
applications
launched.
A
So
this
is
an
aggressive
plan
for
q4,
but
this
was
kind
of
before
the
stage
to
make
this
big
statement.
We
said:
hey,
let's,
let's
get
this
done,
how
big
can
we
get,
and
so
actually
so
far
in
october?
This
is
what
we've
been
able
to
do:
launching
three
programs,
hundreds
of
unique
registrants,
dozens
of
projects
being
shipped
by
near
certified
developers
for
certification,
with
an
mps
of
65.
So
far,
so
things
seem
to
be
going
well.
A
Almost
three
thousand
three
thousand
students
exposed
to
near
through
near
academy
and
other
programs.
20
courses
through
near
university
with
meta,
build
included
again.
A
very
high
nps
rating
has
been
very
satisfying
for
us
to
see
and
almost
a
dozen
teachers
to
date,
some
of
them
near
certified
instructors.
Others
professional
instructors
that
have
been
teaching
near
and
leaning
into
this
work
with
us.
So
so
far
so
good
and
in
terms
of
what's
next
for
us
within
a
year,
we
expect
to
be
able
to
grow,
and
these
are
very
ambitious
numbers.
A
Thousands
of
near
certified
developers
each
quarter
about
a
thousand
a
month
that
we
hope
to
exp
certify
and
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
support
them
in
their
ambitions,
with
hundreds
of
jobs
offered
per
quarter
as
well,
a
hundred
or
so
eirs
and
dirs
entrepreneurs
and
residents
and
developers
and
residents
and
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
distributed
potentially
for
mainnet
projects
on
a
quarterly
basis.
A
So
about
100k
per
month
with
a
hundred
test
net
app
apps
launched
and
10
mainnet
apps
launched,
and
this
is
about
12
to
14
months
from
now.
We
expect
to
see
that
so
very
aggressive
schedule
here
and
so
far
we're
moving
well,
but
really
the
challenge
is:
how
can
we
grow
the
team
in
a
way
that
will
be
able
to
support
this
kind
of
work,
because
it's
all
about
the
individuals
and
the
way
they
bring
their
perspective
to
this
work,
so
team
growth
over
the
next
several
months,
starting
at
five?
A
So
today
we're
five
tomorrow,
15
or
more
here's
another
way
of
seeing
that
chart
as
it
grows.
A
So
far
so
good
twitter,
near
university
and
near
in
minutes
here
on
this
page,
we
are
building
a
significant
footprint
on
the
bottom
left.
You
can
see
near
hispano
here
receiving
witnessing
awards
being
received
by
graduates
of
near
certified
developer
in
the
university
in
zacatecas
mexico
and
in
the
middle
here
in
near
university.
A
A
new
site
relaunch
this
is
just
the
top
of
the
fold
and
on
the
right-hand
side
near
in
minutes
with
70
videos,
more
than
eight
hours
of
content
produced
by
half
a
dozen
people,
and
we
expect
to
see
that
grow
with
the
upcoming
launch
of
a
dow
to
support
input
to
this
to
this
platform.
So
for
sure,
we're
going
to
need
your
help
for
this
we're
going
to
need
a
lot
of
help
and
we're
looking
forward
to
that,
because
the
reality
is
we're
just
getting
started.