Far from just building a garage and staffing it with a few engineers, IBM has created a network of global offices seeking to operationalize its team of 1,500
blockchain professionals now operating out of a dozen offices.
There are nearly 10,000
blockchain professionals on LinkedIn, out of our 500m members, so it's a niche field, but one with strong potential.»
Mike Bodson, CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., told CoinDesk in March a lack of
qualified blockchain professionals is a huge obstacle, with 70 percent of his clients struggling to fill fintech positions.
Now, in another humorously ironic twist, the company has posted a job opening for
a Blockchain professional as a «Technical Project Execution Manager» dealing with distributed ledgers.
In another ironic twist, JP Morgan has posted a job opening for
a Blockchain professional.