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Jacky Ye

I used to build GTM strategies for Fortune 500 execs to scale billion-dollar businesses. Now I help you build one for your career. Lessons from my 5+ years in consulting and tech distilled into one bite sized newsletter to help YOU build a meaningful career.

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Consulting vs Strategy & Ops — what's actually the difference?

Here's something nobody told me when I was starting my consulting career. Strategy & ops is just internal consulting. That's it. Except... it's also not, because the implications of that one word — internal — ripple into basically everything. And candidly, I didn't fully understand how different they were until I was already in the second one. I had seen a bunch of "Day in the life of a consultant" videos but it never really clicked for me how working as an external consultant - which is what...

How I'd recruit for a BizOps role in 2026 (Pt. 3) Dec 18, 2025 If you've been following along, we've covered getting interviews (Pt. 1) and nailing behaviorals (Pt. 2). Today we're covering case interviews. This is like the final boss of interviews because it most closely mimics the job. If I give you a problem that I have run into - one that has real stakes, how would you respond? Do you get flustered and start spewing nonsense or do you lock in and problem solve? The Two Types of Cases:...

How I'd recruit for a BizOps role in 2026 (Pt. 2) Nov 19, 2025 Last week, I covered how to get interviews. This week we're covering how to convert interviews. Starting with behaviorals. If the thought of interviewing leaves your hands clammy and heart rate up, you're not alone. Most people hate interviewing because it feels like the interviewer is out to get you. That there's some trap they're waiting for you to fall in. But having been on the other side, trust me when I say: there's no trick...

How I'd recruit for a BizOps role in 2026 (Pt. 1) Nov 11, 2025 It's no secret that the tech market is more competitive than ever. It seems like layoffs.fyi gets updated with a new headline every week. It's quite discouraging honestly. But this is what Bill Burnett and Dave Evans - the Design your Life guys - call a "gravity" problem. A constraint baked into the environment. You can't fix it, so you might as well disregard it. In other words, if it's not actionable, it's not a problem worth...

Why does picking your first job feel impossible? Oct 30, 2025 99% of people don't get their first job expecting to stay there forever. I certainly didn't either. But the pressure to make the "right" choice still feels insane! As an econ major, it felt like I had three real options after graduation. Finance. Research. Consulting. That was the fork in the road. I knew I didn’t want to go into finance. Couldn’t really explain why, just had a gut feeling that I wouldn't like it. Becoming a...