DegenDraper

teaching others how to code / break the doom loop / viberel

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

@sammgrowth clone

[Atishay @axtalks]

The "GTM engineer" role didn't exist 18 months ago. Now every series A SaaS has one in their JD pipeline. Here's why the role even needed to be invented:

Two years ago, what one GTM engineer does today would have required 4 or 5 people:

→ A list builder who knew Apollo, ZoomInfo, and scrapers
→ A copywriter who understood outbound vs. brand
→ A RevOps person to set up the CRM and tracking
→ A BDR to actually send the sequences
→ A sales manager to tie it all together

They ALL had to be perfectly in sync for the business to make money.

Most teams couldn't pull it off.

Then AI showed up.

Suddenly one smart person, working with the right tools, could replace most of that chain.

A new role got named. GTM engineer.

But "GTM engineer" is the most slippery title in B2B right now.

Some companies expect you to send MQLs to AEs... Others want you owning inbound tracking... others want you running the whole funnel from cold outreach to revenue.

The job description shifts company to company.

What does NOT shift is the skill stack you actually need to be good at it:

1 - Marketing fluency

Not "running ad campaigns" marketing.

The other one.

→ Understanding offers, angles, positioning
→ Researching a target audience and writing a message that lands
→ Knowing what your ICP cares about, not what they say they care about

This is the rarest skill on the list. And it's the one most ex-engineers underestimate.

2 - Living in the tools

Most of the bottleneck for GTM engineers is awareness.

→ People don't know that something CAN be done
→ They don't know which tool just shipped a feature that would solve their problem
→ They're not in the right conversations

3 - The ability to figure shit out

You don't need to be technical. A little, but not much.

→ Read API docs without giving up
→ Push past errors without panicking
→ Stay motivated to solve the problem you've been handed

With AI, that's enough.

The bar for "GTM engineer" is NOT a CS degree.

It's curiosity + marketing + tolerance for ambiguity.

If you have those three, you can ride this role for the next 5 years.

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

@jack_9947 244

[PhotonBull @PhotonBull]

This guy perfectly called the $DELL setup after seeing $INTC

He also bought $ASTS at $2.56

And you are not following him yet?

[Richard Illingworth @RCIllingworth]

i automated my ENTIRE cold email process with Claude Code last month.

the 7-step workflow for anyone who wants to build it:

(bookmark this)

STEP 1: ICP brief into the chat.

you type what you sell, what a good-fit buyer looks like, and that you want it to pull from Apollo. Claude comes back with targeted questions on which sequencers your prospects are running and what growth signals are searchable in Apollo. you answer in the same window. the ICP is the byproduct.

STEP 2: reference companies for accurate filters.

point Claude at a handful of companies you already know convert. it pulls the sequences they run, their headcount, their growth signals from Apollo. then the search filters get built off real-template companies that already convert. output is a tiered list. tier-1 = already running Instantly or Smartlead (writing on the wall). tier-2 = broader signals, work in later batches.

STEP 3: parallel enrichment.

Claude runs enrichment across every contact through multiple agents in parallel. so 250 contacts doesn't take 250x as long. output lands in the CSV as new columns: tech_stack, growth_signal, company_context.

STEP 4: 3-step sequence generation.

Claude writes the copy directly off the enrichment data it just pulled. subject line uses {first_name} and {tech_stack}. step 2 goes deeper on specifics: SPF, DKIM, DMARC config, domain and IP reputation scoring, inbox licensing costs. step 3 is a clean breakup.

STEP 5: Instantly build.

create the campaign, name it by segment, map the merge fields to your CSV columns. settings: daily limit 15, open rate tracking OFF (tracking pixel triggers spam filters more often than people realise), Mon-Fri US East business hours, stop sending on reply.

STEP 6: pre-launch QC.

Claude runs a full quality-control pass through every variant in the sequence. checks every merge field has a matching column. reads every email variant. catches anything that doesn't make sense with the personalization data.

STEP 7: performance analysis.

after the campaign has meaningful data, pull stats from Instantly, hand them back to Claude. first pass = reply rate and positive reply rate by segment. second pass = which hooks and offers pull the most positive replies. winning combinations get their own campaigns. losing ones get cut.

PS

i filmed a full loom video breaking this entire set up down in a video.

want me to send it?

comment “CC”

and i’ll DM it to you.

(must be following)

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: Ex-CIA & Pentagon officials describe "four alien species" they claim to have visited Earth: reptilians, insectoids, greys, & nordics

[Palantir @PalantirTech]

Palantir embraces the neurodivergent.

Join us.

[Ernesto Lopez @ErnestoSOFTWARE]

Close to a $10,000/week with this app

It’s really not hard guys:

→ just make an app in a validated niche

→ Post 10/vids per day to find
the viral formats.

→ Once viral format is found spam that 10 times per day

→ Use those earnings to hire 1-2 UGC creators to spam with you

→ Repeat and keep hiring

→ Run winning content on ads

I promise you, it’s that simple

[Bark @barkmeta]

Let me explain what just happened with the Swatch x AP collab…

People camped outside stores for 8 days to buy them.

The watch retails for $400. It’s reselling for $910 right now.

That’s $510 profit. Sounds good right?

Now do the math. 8 days is 192 hours.
$510 divided by 192 hours is $2.65 an hour…

That is below minimum wage in every single state in America.

Now here’s the part nobody is talking about…

Swatch has no supply limit on this watch. They’re going to make millions of them. In one week you’ll be able to walk in the store and buy one for $400.

People camped on a sidewalk for 8 days to make below minimum wage on a product that’s going to be available everywhere within a few days…

This is what reselling has become.

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

Short of a lifetime

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

@LoganTGott Playbook

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

they just killed like 200 startups

[Finn Mallery @fin465]

talked to a bunch of current YC batch founders today

The ones hitting $1m+ ARR (there are several this batch) are just ripping the same outbound playbook every time:

1. build your lead lists using tools like Origami or Clay
2. Run an auto-connect + DM sequencer on LinkedIn
3. aim for 200 connects/week. linkedin is a goldmine
4. when writing Linkedin DMs, send 2-sentences, ideally with a warm thread (shared school, mutual, etc)
5. Post on LinkedIn 5x/wk minimum
6. get good at AEO (yes, you can get results in a few weeks )

Spend 20 hrs/wk doing this properly, and you will start consistently booking demos

[shafu @shafu0x]

forward deployed engineer just means the guy is not fucking autistic

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

@codyschneider AEOdashboard

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

@askOkara https://t.co/i5ObxMeOOQ

[Gaëtan Caillot (Bambino) @BambinoShopify]

This format is insane in 2026.

You set one offer as “sold out”
to push the customer toward the second one.

You add free gifts.
You layer in FOMO.

Here’s how to do it:

[Ryan Cohen @ryancohen]

I have been suspended from eBay

[DegenDraper @DegenDraper_]

@LoganTGott playbook

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

@quant_____ FUcking retard, it didn't hit you that I expand on that in formal published technical writing? Do you want me to pack everything in a tweet?
Retard.