Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 07:12     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who wants to go through life without a college education no matter what career you choose? Get an education.


More than half of Americans go through life just fine without college. I’m glad I went because of the awesome nightlife and a few of the classes but with the internet anyone can get an education on their own.


College is more than an internet education. If you can afford the college experience, it’s fun to do it. If you can’t, join Palantir.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 04:12     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:Who wants to go through life without a college education no matter what career you choose? Get an education.


More than half of Americans go through life just fine without college. I’m glad I went because of the awesome nightlife and a few of the classes but with the internet anyone can get an education on their own.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2025 12:05     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:Palantir i just another AI Enron or Global Crossing. When AI bubble crashes its gonna probably be right around the 100 year mark of the 1929 crash.

Ask anyone close to llm providers what the retention rate is on customer trials after the trial rate expires?????? ROI just isn't there esp with the overbuilding of the infrastructure.

I do NOT claim to be an expert but isn't Palantir just a software company unlike OpenAI. Dont think they’re building data centers.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2025 12:00     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Palantir i just another AI Enron or Global Crossing. When AI bubble crashes its gonna probably be right around the 100 year mark of the 1929 crash.

Ask anyone close to llm providers what the retention rate is on customer trials after the trial rate expires?????? ROI just isn't there esp with the overbuilding of the infrastructure.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2025 11:52     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
While most kids should go to college, Palantir is recruiting kids with ivy level stats. These top kids can always defer college for a year, work at Palantir, then go to college if the career doesn't work out.

Plus many colleges would let them sub work experience for classes. I was able to do that for grad school and it reduced the cost and length of time to get my degree.

It's an alternate path for the best and brightest, not necessarily the wave of the future for the masses.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2025 20:21     Subject: Re:Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:Here's the thing: Companies will generally have no loyalty to employees, so when that kid is laid off in five years in a downsizing, yes, he has practical professional experience to go on, but he will be applying for jobs vs. people with college degrees + experience. The lack of a degree will hurt future income and future job prospects.

Or enroll in college as a 23yo.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2025 20:02     Subject: Re:Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Here's the thing: Companies will generally have no loyalty to employees, so when that kid is laid off in five years in a downsizing, yes, he has practical professional experience to go on, but he will be applying for jobs vs. people with college degrees + experience. The lack of a degree will hurt future income and future job prospects.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2025 12:41     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?


Have you worked with adults that don’t have a college degree or any specialized training? Have you managed these type of workers? I’ve done both and it is ROUGH. Their thought processes are different, especially if they come from an hourly background. I much prefer hiring and working with college graduates.


Palantir is obnoxious, and I’m here defending the idea that getting a good college education is fun and wonderful.

But I think it’s important to make the point, that might be implicit in what you’re saying, that excessive credentialism is bad, too. We’ve probably all met brilliant, well-educated, mentally agile people who weren’t able to get a bachelor’s degree, for whatever reason.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2025 12:33     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:The people who post on here sound old. Your ideas around college and the promise of a job is antiquated. Leaders of the future need to know how to problem solve and critically think. Not be “the smartest” anymore or get an MBA and work as a consultant. You all have to admit to yourselves that college is no longer wringing out thought leaders but more cogs, no matter how well rounded you think your teen is. If you’re not well connect and well liked (or even harder your kid isn’t) your wasting your time in college


For many people, going to college is a lot of fun. If I have a great kid, and I can figure out how to pay for college, why would I not give my great kid that experience? Who knows whether it will pay for itself, but that’s not really the point. The experience itself is the point.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2025 11:56     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?


Almost all professional sports.

I remember google hiring a kid straight out of high school.

Anonymous
Post 11/04/2025 07:47     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:They want you to have no options beyond them.

No options? I don't believe working FT at Palantir out of HS restricts you from attending college a couple of years later. Make for an interesting application.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2025 07:20     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
Anonymous wrote:Aside from Palantir, are there other companies that actively look to hire talented high school students?


Have you worked with adults that don’t have a college degree or any specialized training? Have you managed these type of workers? I’ve done both and it is ROUGH. Their thought processes are different, especially if they come from an hourly background. I much prefer hiring and working with college graduates.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 22:42     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
The people who post on here sound old. Your ideas around college and the promise of a job is antiquated. Leaders of the future need to know how to problem solve and critically think. Not be “the smartest” anymore or get an MBA and work as a consultant. You all have to admit to yourselves that college is no longer wringing out thought leaders but more cogs, no matter how well rounded you think your teen is. If you’re not well connect and well liked (or even harder your kid isn’t) your wasting your time in college
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 21:55     Subject: Is this going to be a trend? (WSJ - Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads)
They want you to have no options beyond them.