Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 20:31     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the kid is a great coder, they don’t need Palantir to make it—college or another internship will introduce them to much more cutting edge ideas. (You don’t have to be cutting edge, just morally bankrupt, to enable a genocide). If the kid is a so-so coder, they may just end up as a piece of a$$. Thief had a great weekend with Epstein, and Karp shows up to interviews high as a kite. Should 18-year-olds be sent off to work for people like that?


You actually think an entry level hire would be hobnobbing with the founder and CEO? Ok, then. What an active imagination you have.


You're absolutely right, but I'm a strong believer that those behavior, and the culture, will go top down and I bet most of the organization are people like that. I wouldn't be surprised.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 20:20     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:If the kid is a great coder, they don’t need Palantir to make it—college or another internship will introduce them to much more cutting edge ideas. (You don’t have to be cutting edge, just morally bankrupt, to enable a genocide). If the kid is a so-so coder, they may just end up as a piece of a$$. Thief had a great weekend with Epstein, and Karp shows up to interviews high as a kite. Should 18-year-olds be sent off to work for people like that?


You actually think an entry level hire would be hobnobbing with the founder and CEO? Ok, then. What an active imagination you have.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 20:18     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:It’s never a good idea to work for Palantir.

+1 And if you actually want your kid to go to college having him take a gap year making a LOT of money seems counter to that plan.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 20:14     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Better just to go to college and then do internships if they are that good.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 20:01     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Ugh. *Thiel* above
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:59     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
If the kid is a great coder, they don’t need Palantir to make it—college or another internship will introduce them to much more cutting edge ideas. (You don’t have to be cutting edge, just morally bankrupt, to enable a genocide). If the kid is a so-so coder, they may just end up as a piece of a$$. Thief had a great weekend with Epstein, and Karp shows up to interviews high as a kite. Should 18-year-olds be sent off to work for people like that?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:14     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s not wise from a professional standpoint. It won’t be something one wants on a resume so it will look like he took a gap year with no purpose.


This X1000. It’s a very toxic culture, lots of creepy yes men. The only way this makes sense is if the kid needs money AND the pay is enough to cover living expenses and save a bunch. If the job is in SV not Denver, he needs to be prepared for rents in the $3-5K range for a studio/1 bedroom.


Rents in San Fran/SV aren’t that much if you don’t want them to be. You can rent a 1BR in a shared house through AirBnB for much less than that…and that includes all your utilities and furniture and everything.

Everyone claiming this is bad from a professional standpoint is full of shit…you think Meta or Amazon or any FAANG company thinks Palantir is a negative?


+100
And in this job climate? Lucky kid.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:13     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s not wise from a professional standpoint. It won’t be something one wants on a resume so it will look like he took a gap year with no purpose.


This X1000. It’s a very toxic culture, lots of creepy yes men. The only way this makes sense is if the kid needs money AND the pay is enough to cover living expenses and save a bunch. If the job is in SV not Denver, he needs to be prepared for rents in the $3-5K range for a studio/1 bedroom.


Palantir arranges housing for these kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:13     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My CS major will be interning with them this summer <ducks>.


Hope they know it will be a negative for future jobs.


Only among the LWNJ set.
NP
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:13     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s not wise from a professional standpoint. It won’t be something one wants on a resume so it will look like he took a gap year with no purpose.


This X1000. It’s a very toxic culture, lots of creepy yes men. The only way this makes sense is if the kid needs money AND the pay is enough to cover living expenses and save a bunch. If the job is in SV not Denver, he needs to be prepared for rents in the $3-5K range for a studio/1 bedroom.


Rents in San Fran/SV aren’t that much if you don’t want them to be. You can rent a 1BR in a shared house through AirBnB for much less than that…and that includes all your utilities and furniture and everything.

Everyone claiming this is bad from a professional standpoint is full of shit…you think Meta or Amazon or any FAANG company thinks Palantir is a negative?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:08     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:It’s not wise from a professional standpoint. It won’t be something one wants on a resume so it will look like he took a gap year with no purpose.


This X1000. It’s a very toxic culture, lots of creepy yes men. The only way this makes sense is if the kid needs money AND the pay is enough to cover living expenses and save a bunch. If the job is in SV not Denver, he needs to be prepared for rents in the $3-5K range for a studio/1 bedroom.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:04     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
It’s not wise from a professional standpoint. It won’t be something one wants on a resume so it will look like he took a gap year with no purpose.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 19:02     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:My CS major will be interning with them this summer <ducks>.


I know they are evil and would still want my kid to do it. Gotta understand the system to eff it up.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 18:55     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Big black mark on one’s resume. Better to work somewhere less divisive.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 18:31     Subject: Working for Palantir right out of high school?
Anonymous wrote:My CS major will be interning with them this summer <ducks>.


My good friend at MBA school interned at Enron the summer before it failed. Did not pick up on what was going on at all. Her karma was "no full time job" because there was no company by the time she graduated.