Introducing Myself: A Software Engineer Learning Clay to Serve B2B Business Owners and Explore Sales Skills

·Mar 09, 2026 04:56 PM·

Hello Everyone, I'm Mohammad, I've been a software engineer my whole career, and now I'm learning Clay to use it for myself and also provide services to B2B business owners I've never worked in Sales or GTM, but I'm very excited to learn those new skills Looking forward to connecting with you all

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Arpit C.
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Great to know! Where are you in your Clay journey?
Mohammad A.
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I think I watched the whole 101, FETE videos, quite comfortable with that, learned a bit about signals but haven't tested it yet And right now I want to actually create a table i could use, like i said i'm missing the domain knowledge itself, so hoping i would learn by observing others here
Arpit C.
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Okay nice! The best way to learn is by digging into the product and get building – good luck!
Lucas G.
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Mohammad A. Hey Mohammad! 👋 Nice to meet you here! Sounds like you’re diving into Clay with a lot of energy. Which part of Clay has been the most interesting for you so far signals, tables, or workflows?
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Mohammad A.
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I think the part that is interesting in clay for me is that it's like an integrated solution, I used to do scraping, enriching, email validation manually, and clay can do all of that, yea it is a bit more expensive, but if the ROI is right, it's worth the money I haven't explored signals yet, I understand the concept, but i haven't seen it in action yet For workflows, i am not sure if I would be using it, my instinct goes towards exporting to n8n and then doing actions there, but maybe clay can do that by itself, idk yet The biggest gap for me isn't the tooling, but those tips and tricks, like what formulas (not clay formulas) would a GTM engineer/expert would do to find the right business to reach out to them Sounds from your headline that you've been there before and know what I'm talking about
Lucas G.
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Haha got you, Mohammad — totally makes sense. The way I usually think about it is: start with a very clear ICP, then layer in signals like funding events, hiring trends, tech stack, or market triggers. Even simple formulas like scoring leads based on those signals can help prioritize who to reach out to first. Clay can handle a lot of this internally once you start experimenting with tables and enrichment. For now, I’d say just playing with a small test set of companies and seeing which signals matter most is the fastest way to learn.

Arpit C.
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Great to know! Where are you in your Clay journey?
Mohammad A.
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I think I watched the whole 101, FETE videos, quite comfortable with that, learned a bit about signals but haven't tested it yet And right now I want to actually create a table i could use, like i said i'm missing the domain knowledge itself, so hoping i would learn by observing others here
Arpit C.
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Okay nice! The best way to learn is by digging into the product and get building – good luck!
Lucas G.
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Mohammad A. Hey Mohammad! 👋 Nice to meet you here! Sounds like you’re diving into Clay with a lot of energy. Which part of Clay has been the most interesting for you so far signals, tables, or workflows?
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Mohammad A.
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I think the part that is interesting in clay for me is that it's like an integrated solution, I used to do scraping, enriching, email validation manually, and clay can do all of that, yea it is a bit more expensive, but if the ROI is right, it's worth the money I haven't explored signals yet, I understand the concept, but i haven't seen it in action yet For workflows, i am not sure if I would be using it, my instinct goes towards exporting to n8n and then doing actions there, but maybe clay can do that by itself, idk yet The biggest gap for me isn't the tooling, but those tips and tricks, like what formulas (not clay formulas) would a GTM engineer/expert would do to find the right business to reach out to them Sounds from your headline that you've been there before and know what I'm talking about
Lucas G.
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Haha got you, Mohammad — totally makes sense. The way I usually think about it is: start with a very clear ICP, then layer in signals like funding events, hiring trends, tech stack, or market triggers. Even simple formulas like scoring leads based on those signals can help prioritize who to reach out to first. Clay can handle a lot of this internally once you start experimenting with tables and enrichment. For now, I’d say just playing with a small test set of companies and seeing which signals matter most is the fastest way to learn.