Shandy Sulen

Bio
My name is Shandy (‘shando’ is my knock-off store-brand pseudonym you’ll see around web3) and I’m currently based in Orlando, FL ? After hearing about Beeple’s $69m NFT sale in March 2021, I jumped down the NFT rabbit hole and never looked back. In November 2021, I quit my software engineer job at Microsoft to go full-time in web3. I always viewed my time in big tech as a stepping stone out of college, where I thought I’d spend ~4 years, but as it turned out I only lasted 2 years thanks to web3 and NFTs ?

Since then, I’ve co-founded two businesses: PopRank and Silika Studio.

PopRank is an NFT ranking app that takes into account not only rarity, but also the aesthetic of NFTs via a Facemash-style ranking game. PopRank now hosts rankings for 100+ collections and data for over 4 million played rounds.

Silika Studio is a web3 dev shop that serves as a platform for me and other developers to perform on-demand web3 technical work. Silika Studio has had the pleasure of working with clients like:

– Tjo, artist featured on PROOF, Nifty Gateway, and more
– Passes, Solana-based NFT membership startup
– Good Minds, NFT collection with over 300 ETH volume
– and more!

As I complete my last job for Silika Studio, I am preparing to take everything I’ve learned and start a new venture in 2023!

My interests in Web3 are:

– Data Ownership & Interoperability
– Trading, Investing, Collecting NFTs
– On-Chain Art
– Smart Contracts
– Ethical MEV
– User Experience (UX)
– Memetics