The People Behind Bitcoin Mining | Elizabeth Thurgaland | The Bitcoin Mining Show Ep. 20

THE PEOPLE BEHIND BITCOIN MINING | SEASON 1 FINALE 🐾 THANK YOU TO OUR VIEWERS! Twenty episodes. Incredible guests. A community that keeps showing up. Thank you to everyone who watched, subscribed, commented, shared, and supported Season 1 of The Bitcoin Mining Show. Thank you to our guests for sharing their Real Life Proof of Work, and to Altair Technology for making this season possible! For our season finale, we’re focusing on one of the most important parts of any Bitcoin mining business: THE PEOPLE. Cinco welcomes Elizabeth Thurgaland, co-founder and Head of Talent at Bitcoiner Talent, for a conversation about finding your place in Bitcoin—and finding the right people to build a Bitcoin business. From electricians and HVAC specialists to sales, marketing, finance, and operations, the industry needs much more than developers. We explore how your existing experience can translate into a Bitcoin career, what employers want to see, and why conviction, capability, and proof of work matter. We also discuss hiring through the 2026 bear market, Elizabeth’s outlook for 2027, common résumé mistakes, and practical steps you can take now to prepare for your next opportunity. And yes—we take a detour into S9 heat reuse, Bitcoin-powered beef jerky, and keeping Cinco’s tortoise warm! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Opening 00:30 Season finale welcome: the people behind mining 01:44 Meet Elizabeth: energy, recruiting, and Bitcoin 05:35 Why Bitcoiner Talent exists 10:40 Elizabeth’s Bitcoin rabbit-hole story 13:44 Bitcoin payments, Conduit, and a web of trust 20:17 Finding a Bitcoin job with Bitcoiner Talent 23:08 Interview preparation: conviction, capability, and proof 27:12 How Bitcoiner Talent supports employers 31:18 Altair Technology sponsor break — code CINCO 32:09 Bitcoin hiring through the 2026 bear market 34:40 Demand for non-developer roles 37:33 Looking ahead to the 2027 job market 38:47 The roles Bitcoin mining companies need 41:26 Electricians, HVAC, and transferable trade skills 44:45 S9 projects, heat reuse, and Bitcoin-powered jerky 49:52 Turning your home-mining experience into proof of work 51:43 Common Bitcoin résumé and application mistakes 56:39 Preparing now for a Bitcoin career in 2027 01:01:14 Military experience and rediscovering useful skills 01:06:19 Upcoming events and Bitcoiner Talent updates 01:10:08 Where to find Elizabeth and Bitcoiner Talent 01:10:54 Closing thoughts ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH & BITCOINER TALENT Elizabeth on X: https://x.com/bitcoinerliz Bitcoiner Talent on X: https://x.com/BitcoinerTalent Website: https://www.bitcoinertalent.com Email: elizabeth@bitcoinertalent.com 📖 INTERVIEW PREPARATION RESOURCE How to Prepare for a Bitcoin Company Interview: A 3-Step Framework https://bitcoinertalent.com/blog/bitcoin-company-interview-prep Visit Bitcoiner Talent to explore Bitcoin job opportunities or connect with Elizabeth about your hiring needs. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⛏️ SPONSORED BY ALTAIR TECHNOLOGY MINE YOUR INDEPENDENCE™ Looking for Bitcoin miners, replacement parts, accessories, or help planning your next mining setup? Visit Altair Technology. 🌐 Website: https://altairtech.io ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AltairTech 𝕏 X: https://x.com/altair\_tech 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altairtech 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/altairtech.io/ 💥 Use discount code CINCO at checkout! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐕 FOLLOW CINCO DOGGOS MINING Hosted by Cinco Doggos (Joe Spencer) 🌐 Website: https://cincodoggos.tech ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CincoDoggosMining 𝕏 X: https://x.com/cincodoggos 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cincodoggos ⚡ Lightning/Tips: CincoDoggos@strike.me ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👍 Subscribe, like, and share this episode with someone considering a career in Bitcoin. 💬 What skills would YOU bring to a Bitcoin company? Tell us in the comments! Thank you for being part of Season 1. REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK. #BitcoinMining #BitcoinJobs #BitcoinCareers #BitcoinerTalent #TheBitcoinMiningShow #AltairTech #CincoDoggos #ProofOfWork