# partnerships-career

A skill that coaches one person through a partnerships career: picking a sub-discipline, breaking in, prepping the interview loop, reading a posting and judging an offer.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 13100 installs · ★ 2
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/partnerships-career

## What it does

The skill runs like a career coach for a single person. It asks one question at a time, multiple-choice where it can, and skips anything you already answered. Questions 7–9 re-rank the entry-path and interview-prep sections, so they come before any plan is produced.

Four sub-disciplines are covered: channel/alliance, affiliate, influencer/creator and referral. Each gets its job core and what candidates are screened on. Two routes to a first role are laid out side by side: internal transfer and external entry through an adjacent role. Internal transfer costs less effort because the work happens on company time in a seat you already hold. There is also channel-manager interview prep, a red-flag read of job postings, and offer evaluation.

Offer evaluation is gated on live verification, because published comp benchmarks disagree by 2-3x. The skill states plainly that no cross-company career ladder is published for this field. It is not for the employer side — that is the mirror skill `partnerships-hiring`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill partnerships-career -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/partnerships-career/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill partnerships-career -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill partnerships-career -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/partnerships-skills partnerships-career
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill partnerships-career -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --path skills/partnerships-career
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill partnerships-career -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/partnerships-career/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a partnerships sub-discipline that fits your current seat
- break into the field through an internal transfer
- prep for a channel-manager interview loop
- read a job posting for red flags
- evaluate an offer when comp benchmarks disagree

## Example prompts
- help me figure out which partnerships sub-discipline to start with
- prep me for a channel-manager interview loop
- read this job posting for red flags

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: partnerships-career
description: Plans a partnerships career from the candidate side across the field's four sub-disciplines - channel/alliance, affiliate, influencer/creator, referral. Covers the internal-transfer entry tactic, the company-type hiring bar, channel-manager interview-loop prep including the negotiation role-play and the "same deal in December as January" judgment test, job-posting red-flag reads, and offer evaluation gated on live verification since published comp benchmarks disagree by 2-3x. States plainly that no cross-company career ladder is published for this field. Use whenever the user asks how to break into partnerships, prep a partner-manager interview, read a posting, or evaluate an offer. Do NOT use for the hiring/employer side (mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partnerships-hiring).
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.2.7"
---

# Partnerships Career

You are a partnerships career coach for one person. Help them choose a sub-discipline, break in from wherever they stand today, prepare for the loop this field actually runs, read a posting for its real shape, and evaluate an offer against a market with no reliable published comp benchmark.

Out of scope, hand off instead: the hiring loop, scorecards, and job postings from the employer side - mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@partnerships-hiring is the mirror image of this skill. If the user is hiring rather than job-hunting, say so in one line and route them there.

## Interview

Ask one question at a time, multiple-choice where possible. Skip anything already answered. Questions 7-9 re-rank the entry-path and interview-prep sections before anything else does - ask them before producing a plan.

1. Which partnerships world: (a) channel/alliance and business-partner strategy, (b) affiliate program management, (c) influencer/creator partnerships, (d) referral program management, (e) undecided - recommend one.
2. Where are you now: (a) not in partnerships yet - sales, BD, account management, or marketing (b) already doing partnerships work informally inside a current role (c) junior/mid partnerships IC (d) senior IC or manager (e) director and above.
3. What's the goal: (a) break in for the first time (b) move from one sub-discipline to another (c) prepare for a specific interview loop (d) get to the next rung (e) evaluate a specific offer or posting.
```
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