When people are unemployed after graduation, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not fit to be employed, it’s just that, in this country, sometimes even the best of brains with a first class degree can find it difficult to secure a job. And not just any job, but a well-deserving one that can sort vital bills.
Recently, I spoke with a friend who’s doing quite well in the crypto space now, and he told me that after he graduated, he didn’t have anything doing for about 7–8 months. He was constantly searching for a job up and down. Then one day, a mutual friend introduced him to crypto while he was waiting for NYSC. Since he was a bit tech-savvy, he decided to just give it a try. This was about 7 years ago though.
He started gaining knowledge bit by bit, got lucky with some good airdrops, and before he knew it, within the space of a year plus, he was already trading coins, Now he doesn't even want to hear anything about 9 - 5 jobs.
The interesting part was when he said he probably wouldn’t have given Bitcoin or crypto a chance if he had gotten a job during that period.
But just because he had nothing to lose, he gave it a shot and it ended up changing his life.
Which brings me to this question:
Was unemployment also a contributing factor to your Bitcoin/crypto journey?
If yes, how did it happen?
Unemployment isn't a sole reason for my crypto journey, I was just tired of the 9 to 5 regular job routine I was doing back then and I just wanted to try other ways of chasing the bag and I landed in the crypto space. I am a person that doesn't like putting all my eggs in one basket so even as an employee I also try to do different things just in case I lose my job, now with crypto I have all the time in the world to attend to other things too unlike the job I had.