Career Tracks
Career Tracks
Eleven specialization routes after Core's 36 chapters, each with its own graduation artifact.
Core is the shared foundation. Tracks are where you branch out.
Specializing before Core is a common mistake in this industry's education: product managers do not understand liquidation, BD professionals do not understand liquidity, and developers do not understand tokenomics. Everyone ends up confined to a silo. This course puts shared literacy in Core and uses Tracks for depth.
| Your situation | Recommendation |
|---|
| New to Crypto | Read Part A chapters 1–12 before deciding |
| Already in a non-technical industry role | Complete all 36 Part A chapters, then enter the N series |
| Already an engineer | Part A chapters 1–12 + all 36 Part B chapters, then the T series |
| Already building AI applications | Follow the AI × Crypto Path, then enter T6 |
Tracks are not mutually exclusive. Research + product, DeFi + security, and data + AI are common combinations in practice.
N1Crypto Research & InvestmentPeople who want a career in research or investingMacroLiquidityFundamental ResearchOnchain ResearchToken ValuationSector ResearchPortfolioRisk ManagementResearch Writing
Capstone: A sector research report ready to submit to a fund, with a valuation model and risk checklist. N2Crypto ProductProduct managers, designers, and people changing careersMarket ResearchUser ResearchProtocol LogicTokenomicsWallet UXPRDPMFGrowthAnalyticsAI Product
Capstone: A complete PRD and clickable prototype covering every path for signing, failure, and revocation. N3Crypto Growth & OperationsContent, community, growth, and operationsContentCommunitySocialKOLCampaignMemeOnchain GrowthRetentionNarrative
Capstone: A full postmortem of a real campaign: cost, retention curves, and behavior after incentives stop. N4Crypto BD & EcosystemBD, ecosystems, and partnershipsPartnershipGrantFoundationCEXWalletChainLiquidityMarket MakerListingInstitution
Capstone: A resource network map and three actionable partnership proposals. N5Crypto FounderFounderMarketPMFProtocol DesignToken DesignBusiness ModelFundraisingTeamGrowthSecurityComplianceTreasury
Capstone: A fundraising deck plus a case for whether a token is necessary, including a no-token option. T1EVM EngineerContract engineer focused on the EVMSolidityFoundryHardhatEVM InternalsDeFiSecurity
Capstone: A mainnet contract suite tested with fuzzing and fork tests. T2Solana / SVM EngineerRust and high-performance chainsRustAnchorPDACPIToken-2022IndexerDeFi
Capstone: An Anchor program deployed to mainnet, with a client SDK. T3Onchain Data EngineerData engineering and analysis pathRPCScannerIndexerETLPostgresClickHouseDuckDBData Pipeline
Capstone: A full replayable indexing pipeline and a public query interface. T4DeFi EngineerFinancial engineering pathAMMCLMMOrder BookLendingPerpOracleRisk Engine
Capstone: A trading or lending protocol with a risk engine. T5Security EngineerSecurity and auditing pathAuditThreat ModelFuzzingFormal VerificationEconomic Security
Capstone: An audit report for a real protocol, with a threat model, invariants, and reproduction code. T6AI × Crypto EngineerAgents and the machine economyLLMAgentMCPWalletPaymentOnchain ToolRiskAgent Economy
Capstone: An autonomous on-chain agent with a budget, strategy, and audit log. Whichever route you choose, you must answer three questions at graduation:
- What have you made? Something others can open, run, or inspect.
- How do you know it is correct? State acceptance criteria rather than saying it feels fine.
- Where are its risks? Identify the likeliest failure and what you did about it.
The third question is this industry's greatest difference from others: irreversible errors can happen at any time, and people who can anticipate risk are much rarer than people who can build features.