Ray proposed these on 2026-09-29 at 18:4x ET. The founder accepted them at 18:59 ET ("Sounds like good goals").
Frame (Nathan Berry's email): control the input, not the outcome. The badge and recognition are a byproduct, not the target. The score is phData pipeline, not followers.
Budget: about 5 hours a week. If it starts eating family time, drop the badge, not the writing.
Inputs (his control) — v2, 2026-09-30
Shift (founder, 2026-09-30 21:37 + 21:58 ET): side bets first, talked about online; keep the networking that forum answers were supposed to provide. Building in public on an agents/data-on-Snowflake side bet IS the credibility plan.
| Target | By | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| Own-name site live on EmDash | Oct 15 | 0/1 |
| Build-in-public pieces: what I built on Snowflake, what broke, what I'd do next | Nov 30 | 0/6 |
| Networking conversations (from conversations-to-have.md, plus anyone a piece pulls in) | Nov 30 (~1 per week) | 0/8 |
| Community replies where the build gives a real answer (forum, Reddit, builders' posts) | Nov 30 (~1 per week) | 0/8 |
| Talk or user-group slot booked (Tampa group or Claude ambassador route) | Nov 30 | 0/1 |
| Side bet: dataset picked + first Snowflake Marketplace listing drafted (pending the Mercor/Marketplace brief) | Nov 30 | 0/1 |
Score (pipeline)
| Target | By | Tally |
|---|---|---|
| A phData rep or partner pulls him into a deal or call because of the writing | Nov 30 | 0/3 |
| Real exchanges with new VP/Director-level data leaders | Nov 30 | 0/5 |
| Leading signal: inbound DMs/comments from people with buying titles | Nov 30 | 0/10 |
The score numbers are Ray's guesses. Recalibrate them first.
Recognition
- Not chased (founder, 2026-09-30, after the second Andrew conversation: an existing employer bumps pay ~10% at best, and the badge inflates sales-intro expectations). Submit only if the work makes it a zero-effort application.
Cadence
- A Friday one-line tally in the morning brief. The tally columns above are the source of truth; update them when he reports something.
Log
- 2026-09-29: targets set.
- 2026-09-30: v2. Founder approved the shift ("Sounds good for the target adjustment", 21:58 ET): community answers 16 → 8 and tied to the build; networking conversations added (8); side-bet listing added; pieces become build-in-public. v1 backup: /private/tmp/claude-501/nov30-targets-v1.bak.md.