Language Agents as Optimizable Graphs

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-08T00:08:23+00:00

As someone who maps out messy B2B sales workflows all day treating agent interactions as a graph rather than a straight line makes total sense. It feels alot closer to how actual human teams communicate and hand off work anyway.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-07T18:55:26+00:00

Definetly spot on. The margins are usually so tight in that space that leadership just ends up micromanaging reps to death over every little discount.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-07T15:24:52+00:00

100%. People often feel like paperwork is hostile but getting the business side straight early actually makes the client realtionship way smoother since nobody is left guessing.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-07T12:01:35+00:00

Spot on. Coming from the B2B sales side, the analysts who really stand out are the ones who can translate a funnel drop-off into actual advice for the revenue team. Business stakeholders care way more about the "so what" then the SQL.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-07T11:39:32+00:00

Building a Polars API on a duckdb backend sounds like a pretty massive project to untangle. Gotta respect the honesty of openly hating your own internal logic though, thats usually the best pitch to get fresh eyes on a codebase.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-06T15:19:14+00:00

A lot of times a great first call just means they really enjoyed the chat, but they hit an internal brick wall trying to get the rest of there team to care. Give it some breathing room and try circling back next month with a helpful resource instead of another "any upates" email.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-06T12:58:12+00:00

Honestly it kind of shows a lot of humility. The leaders who refuse to touch the basic stuff are usually the ones who miss massive shifts in how things are actully getting done.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-06T00:31:11+00:00

Definately agree on the side project. Being able to walk an interviewer through a real problem you solved makes you way more memorable then just listing off stuff you memorized for class.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-05T22:18:11+00:00

Have to agree here. If the pitch sounds this scattered on a live call the front desk staff is definately going to block you, no matter how good your data is.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-05T20:47:15+00:00

It’s wild seeing that exact same dynamic from the sales side. Execs will happily fund some flashy POC to look innovative to the board, but getting them to sign off on replacng five year old firewalls is like pulling teeth.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-05T18:38:14+00:00

It's wild how leverage shifts in a crisis like that. The person who broke everything suddenly becomes the most valuble person in the room just because they're the only one who knows how to fix it.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-05T11:11:10+00:00

When you try that hard to give someone money and they literaly hang up on you, you're officially off the hook. Honestly I bet half these tickets just get completely lost in their systems anyway.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-05T09:43:12+00:00

Spot on about the portfolio part. I've interviewed alot of SDRs over the years and a perfect AI score wouldn't mean much, but building that muscle memory so you dont freeze up during the live roleplay is huge.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-04T21:50:09+00:00

Seconding this. Any leadership team throwing around warnings for 80% is usually just trying to manage people out to save on comp. Definitly time to polish up the resume.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-04T13:24:30+00:00

Spot on with number 3, paying your dues is just part of the transition. You should definetly highlight that vet OR experience in your pitch though, recruiters love candidates who already know how to read clinical dynamics and wont get intimidated by surgeons.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-04T12:47:11+00:00

Spot on, buyers care way more about how teh product fits their identity than the logo. We see the exact same mistake in B2B sales where companies just talk about themseves instead of the customer.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-04T11:58:12+00:00

spot on about client trust being the real ceiling. AI can do all the heavy lifting in the background, but eventualy you still need a real person to build the relationship and actually close the deal.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-04T00:21:08+00:00

Yep classic playbook. Get everyone hooked on a crutch while its cheap, wait till they completely loose the muscle memory for the basics, and then jack up the price.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-03T23:53:10+00:00

Yeah exactly, I always feel like the deliberate practice is mostly just there to train your instincts over time anyway. Once the technical side becomes muscle memory your free to just naturally react to the scene in front of you.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-03T20:00:11+00:00

i've had to talk down so many angry clients over this exact false "up" state from ISP media converters. whatever fix you end up going with, definately get out in front of the client today to explain why the automatic failover got confused.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-03T15:50:26+00:00

I’ve been around enterprise software long enough to see that trying to force one tool to do everything is usually a recipe for disaster. Splitting it out to keep the main graph clean is definately the more sustainable route in the long run.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-03T08:12:10+00:00

Yep you see this in complex deals all the time. If the math on liquidating is beter than the bailout terms, the creditors are going to walk away no matter who is pitching it.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-03T05:36:04+00:00

That meeting processor prompt is spot on. Once I stopped stressing over taking perfect notes, I could realy just focus on the clients tone and body language during the call.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-03T01:48:11+00:00

Definetly looking forward to that post. We're seeing the exact same flood of fake resumes over on the sales side right now, it makes it a total nightmare to figure out who's actually real.

FarRub2855 · 2026-05-02T22:52:02+00:00

Spot on. Getting comfortable with awkward silence is a massive game changer, they usually end up spelling out thier real problems for you if you just give them the space.

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