Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)

[Anonymous]

Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?

[Anonymous]

The chance of being hired by them is as low as full paid Ivy!

[Anonymous]

This is just exploitation by another name. They know they can pay an 18 year old less than a 22 year old. They will churn those kids and then dump them because most won’t have the skills to really progress beyond entry level. They are saying college isn’t worth it because we don’t really intend to invest in you and aren’t really looking for people that can grow with the company.

[Anonymous]

Who wants to go through life without a college education no matter what career you choose? Get an education.

[Anonymous]

If you’re smart enough to get a palantir job before 18, ditch palantir, get into a good school and get a better job out of college.

[Anonymous]

I'm old enough to have had college roommates drop out to go work for various internet companies and search engine providers during the first dot com boom. Then when things crashed or those companies got bought up, they were just jobless guys in their 20s with no degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re smart enough to get a palantir job before 18, ditch palantir, get into a good school and get a better job out of college.

Ditch Palantir, start your own company, and get Y Combinator's attention

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?

Palantir sucks and has no ethics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?

The NBA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’re smart enough to get a palantir job before 18, ditch palantir, get into a good school and get a better job out of college.

Ditch Palantir, start your own company, and get Y Combinator's attention

Not all YC startups are successful. Still a gamble.

[Anonymous]

No this is not a trend.

This is Peter Thiel's Palantir so he's got his own agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just exploitation by another name. They know they can pay an 18 year old less than a 22 year old. They will churn those kids and then dump them because most won’t have the skills to really progress beyond entry level. They are saying college isn’t worth it because we don’t really intend to invest in you and aren’t really looking for people that can grow with the company.

Correct. Beware of these companies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No this is not a trend.

This is Peter Thiel's Palantir so he's got his own agenda.

Yeah, no sane kid should ever have Palantir on their resume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just exploitation by another name. They know they can pay an 18 year old less than a 22 year old. They will churn those kids and then dump them because most won’t have the skills to really progress beyond entry level. They are saying college isn’t worth it because we don’t really intend to invest in you and aren’t really looking for people that can grow with the company.

Yup. A younger, less educated workforce is much easier to exploit. Palantir is bad news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?

The NBA