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When it seems that everybody around you has gotten rich by investing in cryptocurrency, the temptation to invest in initial coin offerings (ICOs) can be almost irresistible. After all, even though the major coins still have growth potential, they are already expensive, and alternative coins with solid applications in various industries will most likely hold the most value in the future.

With a career path that has led from a tech role to venture capital investing, Mark Minevich shares advice for other career changers. I’ve experienced a lot in my professional life: two career changes, two mentors, and 25 years of networking. From the outset of my career, I believed I’d make a real difference in corporate America, specifically when it came to helping solve the world’s problems. Instead, I became a technologist and spent my days trying to solve engineering problems.

No one thinks about the technology systems that connect us today. Cars come when you need them, your home’s temperature is automatically set, and things generally just work. But there is a universal system below the surface of all technology— past and present— that is responsible for everything that runs in the world today. Roads, houses, time, rockets and everything in between are connected because of this ancient protocol: the metric system.