Does anyone have advice on how to start working in this space? I'm open to part-time consulting roles to start, with a long-term goal of contributing full-time to a forward-thinking Bitcoin company.
You have to take it easy and first try to learn first because if you are new to bitcoin, there is of course still many things for you to learn because even if you know other things, your knowledge may not apply here and a reason you need to first learn from people who know better about bitcoins from this forum. If you look to transition with your pride into Bitcoin, you may end up not learning enough and you can be scammed because of the danger you put yourself due to incomplete knowledge.
Probably everyone goes into a job without exactly knowing everything.
It’s okay because people learn as they work. It’s a process of learning all throughout your career that makes you a better employee. I think a lot of companies would be eager to hire someone who is not too proud to admit his mistakes and learn from them.
That's true. I don't think there's pride in anything the OP has written here and he's neither persuading anyone to forcefully believe in him but that's left for anyone who wants to engage him further. The best we can do for him in this particular thread is to assist him with options or avail him with the opportunities and where he can tap into them. Everyone on the forum today, I believe, came in for a purpose, one of which ours maybe similar or different. So if the OP is here to sell his strength and skills to the forum members to get more opportunities, it is okay to me that he does that.
Aside that, you can always advise OP to deep dive into
a list of known blockchain/crypto job listing sites such as:
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CryptoJobsList2.
BitcoinJobs3.
Crypto.Jobs4.
CryptocurrencyJobs5.
Crypto-Careers6.
Wellfound7.
Dream Startup Job8.
UpWork