Dan is a software developer, born and raised in Bangalore, India, who jumped into MetaGame in the summer of 2020. In his former life, he studied mathematics and computing, and went on to join Flipkart as a full stack developer. Two years of working on the security team brought some interesting and valuable learning experiences, and a bit of an ominous forecast of what his future might look like - sitting in traffic for hours to suffer through corporate arguments while working on someone else’s ideas.

After a backpacking trek throughout India and a psychedelic adventure, Dan decided to live radically and commit to blockchain! He learned Solidity, joined a Gitcoin hack-a-thon and started making a living with his work in the cryptospace before discovering MetaGame & Raid Guild and fully immersing. In this episode, get up close and personal with Dan to learn all about his journey down the MetaGame rabbit hole and his perspectives on governments, DAOs, and the future.

Some of the Topics

• Life in corporate India (spoiler: same as corporate anywhere)
• Perspectives of Indian parents on work in the blockchain
• Gamification and building operating systems for societies
• Stabilizing Seed price
• London hard fork
• DAppNode and decentralized hardware
• Avoiding burnout

Dan talks about how yes, the current global system isn’t working anymore but “there’s no point in saying that unless you are coming up with a new system. MetaGame may be an experiment, but it is building something new and that’s very exciting”. They discuss exciting projects within MetaGame and look to the future - working with Raidguild to combine Skill Trees and the content of Playbooks.

Finally, Peth and Dan talk about the passion and enthusiasm of contributors in the space - talking about great Players like Luxumbra and Penguin, and the inspiring and welcoming way of people in MetaGame. The episode closes with a reminder to take good care of yourself to avoid burnout, and not hesitate to reach out for support.

References

• Flipkart
• Gitcoin
• Trojan DAO
• MetaGame
• Raid Guild
• London Hard Fork
• Arbitrum
• DAppNode
• Ethereum 2.0
• Luxumbra from MetaGame
• Penguin from MetaGame
• DAOhaus
• Aragon