How I Broke Into Crypto During the Market Bottom

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-broke-into-crypto-during-the-market-bottom. I left fintech for crypto right after FTX, with Solana at $8. Here's how the switch actually worked — and why ugly markets are the door, not the wall. Check more stories related to life-hacking at: https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking. You can also check exclusive content about #career-advice, #crypto, #fintech, #product-management, #web3, #skills-for-crypto-career, #job-search, #crypto-bear-market, and more. This story was written by: @n0omik. Learn more about this writer by checking @n0omik's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. A first-person account of switching from fintech (trading at Gazprombank) into crypto at the bottom of the market — right after FTX, with Solana in single digits. The switch wasn't luck: it was a non-obvious match of hard skills (edtech, finance, crypto, user research) and soft skills, signalled loudly over time through public writing and a finance PhD on crypto regulation. The bigger lesson: ugly markets hire for impact, not momentum — so a downturn is often the best time to jump, if you can credibly say "I can fix this."