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😎 OpenAI researcher says "sales is the last to go" to A.I.
Even the smartest people in tech agree: your job is safe. Here's why.
IN THIS EDITION
Edition #41 feels a bit polarizing.
Some hope.
Some degeneracy.
Some tips from insanely high earners.
We hope you like it!
Why Sales is The Final Boss for A.I.
The rules for drinking at a client lunch
Sign more deals faster, cut the keyboard.
And more…
LIVE FROM THE SALES FLOOR
Salesforce signs $5.6B deal with Army, lucky sales rep! (WSJ)
Sales exec sues after being terminated before payout (HRD)
Gen Z is making cold calling viral on social media (Fast Company)
Tips + Tricks
He averaged $720k/yr for the last 4 years with “yo-yo selling” (LinkedIn)
How to coach your leads to have internal convos w/o you (X)
Order a drink at a client lunch? What are the rules? (Reddit)
Other Stuff
OpenAI researcher says sales is “last to go” to AI (X)
Sales rep claims being in sales confirms stereotypes (IG)
Contract review tips to avoid being screwed over (Reddit)
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SELLER’S SECRETS
Why Sales is “The Final Boss” for A.I.
An OpenAI researcher says sales will be the last role replaced by AI. Researchers first, infrastructure engineers second, sales last.
The reason? Sales is pure human psychology. Trust, incentives, emotions, human nature.
This lines up with what's happening in the real world. Small business owners pulling in $20K to $75K a month are scrambling to rip AI out of their sales funnels. It's costing them deals and wrecking their reputation. If it's failing at that scale, imagine what's happening at bigger orgs.
The companies pouring billions into AI are telling you internally: sales is the final boss. That should mean something.
Here's why sales is different. You can't escape the mental game. When you're in a slump, you have to lie to yourself that everything's fine just to climb out. When you're crushing, you have to pretend it all disappears tomorrow so you stay hungry. AI doesn't wake up and wrestle with that every morning.
And people still want to talk to people. We're seeing it now. Companies going back to in-person, back to face-to-face, back to actual human interaction. That's not nostalgia. That's the market voting with its feet.
If you're worried about AI or saturation, you're looking at the wrong problem. Sales is crowded, sure. But if you're good, that doesn't matter. The people saying "sales is a scam" or bailing to client success because quota pressure got too real? They're telling on themselves.
Get a foothold. Prove you can win. Build some leverage. Apparently you're the last one they're coming for anyway.
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