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Palantir: - Boring work since you will be an FDE if in NY (data munging, plugins, etc - no "real" coding projects) - Below-market pay (including equity due to future dilution) - Culture of working 80-100 hour weeks - Corporate cult mentality (everyone constantly wearing the company clothing, living at the office, etc) - Reputation for having a "bro culture" Facebook: - Higher cash comp, probably less equity upside -…
Worked for Palantir from 2010-2012. Palantir will push you hard (if you let it, and are interested in doing so); it's the highest-performing team I've ever worked with, and I learned a ton both technically and culturally (how to interview, how to hire, how to productively have high expectations of your colleagues) that has served me well in the other roles -- even though it wasn't immediately obvious what I was learn…
FB is at least a public company, with accountability, and probably more mobility (both in the physical and job-position sense). You'll have a better choice of stuff to work on, and you'll be able to talk more freely about it.
Palantir: - Boring work since you will be an FDE if in NY (data munging, plugins, etc - no "real" coding projects) - Below-market pay (including equity due to future dilution) - Culture of working 80-100 hour weeks - Corporate cult mentality (everyone constantly wearing the company clothing, living at the office, etc) - Reputation for having a "bro culture" Facebook: - Higher cash comp, probably less equity upside -…
i'm stunned by the fact that people here seem to think that working for a national security agency seems to be the worst thing to do moraly. i remember a time when being a spy was probably the coolest thing ever. one could argue that "spying" on people for the sake of saving lives is a much more noble cause than doing it purely for commercial purposes. ps : i am not naive,and i am aware of the recent privacy issues r…
Palantir: - Boring work since you will be an FDE if in NY (data munging, plugins, etc - no "real" coding projects) - Below-market pay (including equity due to future dilution) - Culture of working 80-100 hour weeks - Corporate cult mentality (everyone constantly wearing the company clothing, living at the office, etc) - Reputation for having a "bro culture" Facebook: - Higher cash comp, probably less equity upside -…
In my industry, FDE only means full disk encryption. I've seen that acronym a few times in this thread though. Can someone break that down for me?
i'm stunned by the fact that people here seem to think that working for a national security agency seems to be the worst thing to do moraly. i remember a time when being a spy was probably the coolest thing ever. one could argue that "spying" on people for the sake of saving lives is a much more noble cause than doing it purely for commercial purposes. ps : i am not naive,and i am aware of the recent privacy issues r…
Palantir: - Boring work since you will be an FDE if in NY (data munging, plugins, etc - no "real" coding projects) - Below-market pay (including equity due to future dilution) - Culture of working 80-100 hour weeks - Corporate cult mentality (everyone constantly wearing the company clothing, living at the office, etc) - Reputation for having a "bro culture" Facebook: - Higher cash comp, probably less equity upside -…
In my industry, FDE only means full disk encryption. I've seen that acronym a few times in this thread though. Can someone break that down for me?
Palantir: - Boring work since you will be an FDE if in NY (data munging, plugins, etc - no "real" coding projects) - Below-market pay (including equity due to future dilution) - Culture of working 80-100 hour weeks - Corporate cult mentality (everyone constantly wearing the company clothing, living at the office, etc) - Reputation for having a "bro culture" Facebook: - Higher cash comp, probably less equity upside -…
In my industry, FDE only means full disk encryption. I've seen that acronym a few times in this thread though. Can someone break that down for me?