1:1 GTM Engineering Career Strategy

3 years in GTM engineering. I mentor students at Bootprint (Clay Bootcamp), the world's best GTM engineering bootcamp, and I talk to the companies and agencies who are doing the hiring. I see both sides of this market every week.

An agency owner told me he gets 200+ applications for one GTME role. He interviews 10. Hires zero.

He is not picky. There are two GTME job markets and most candidates prepare for the wrong one.

8 out of 10 agencies want cold email operators. Deliverability, sequencing, sender pools, list hygiene, signal based outreach. Volume work, done well. 📬

2 out of 10 want technical operators. RevOps, pipeline architecture, attribution, CRM admin at the system level, integrations past Zapier. Those roles pay more. The bar is higher and the applicant pool is much smaller. 💰

Different portfolios get hired in each. A generic GTME portfolio gets screened out of both.

On this call we pick your bucket, then work out what you build next.

This is for you if:

✅ You are trying to get into GTM engineering and do not know where to start

✅ You are an SDR, marketer, ops person or engineer and want to know if your background transfers

✅ You have the Clay certifications and a portfolio and still no interviews

✅ You are already a GTME and stuck at your current rate

✅ You are freelancing and want to know what to charge and where the clients are

⏱️ The 60 minutes:

1️⃣ 0 to 10 👉 Your background, read against both markets

2️⃣ 10 to 25 👉 We pick the bucket. Cold email operator, technical RevOps, or freelance and agency

3️⃣ 25 to 45 👉 What that market wants to see. We go through what you have built and what to cut

4️⃣ 45 to 55 👉 Money. What you can ask for today and the two or three things that move that number

5️⃣ 55 to 60 👉 Your next 30 days. Your questions

You walk away with:

✅ Which market you are built for, and why

✅ A ranked skill gap list, not a 40 item roadmap

✅ What your portfolio should show and what to delete

✅ 💵 A realistic rate or salary number for where you are today

✅ 📄 A written summary after the call

Not for you if:

❌ You want a referral on the call. I will tell you what I see. I do not place people here

❌ You want to hear it will be quick. Some of these paths take months

❌ You want a tool walkthrough. This is career strategy, not training

📌 Before we meet: send your LinkedIn and anything you have built. I look at both first. No resume needed. 🔗