Re:Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link
by acchow on Friday June 07, 2013 @11:28AM
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What kind of challenges? Please elaborate.
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"The problem space we tackle is wildly diverse and growing every day. We enable the discovery of new financial relationships and strategies in capital markets. We uncover fraud rings and cyber attacks. We develop strategies for optimizing home lending default strategies. We are not domain experts; we are problem solving experts."
http://www.palantir.com/careers/OpenPosDetail?id=a0m80000000...
something that isn't marketing recruitment speak would be more illuminating.
Re:Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link
by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Friday June 07, 2013 @12:34PM
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> We are not domain experts; we are problem solving experts
Eeek!
Sounds like my granddad's job he had in the 30s. He was a troubleshooter. It wasn't a euphemism.
Re:Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link
by rollo_tommasi on Friday June 07, 2013 @03:18PM
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Out of curiosity, what sparked this reaction? Is "problem solving" a euphemism for technical drudge-work? Glorified IT contracting?
Re:Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link
by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Friday June 07, 2013 @03:39PM
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Because it seems to emphasize doing over thinking. Maybe not a bad idea, but in the context of the comments about blackwater, immoral and illegal things, and indoctrinating fresh grads it sounded spooky.
Re:Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link
by dclowd9901 on Friday June 07, 2013 @03:46PM
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I was thinking since they are probably on the fringes of legality, but with government sign-off, they probably get a lot of free reign to solve problems you typically wouldn't delve into, for fear of legal backlash. So basically you become a legal hacker. That would be kinda neat, and appealing, from a geek perspective.