Ask HN: Should I leave my investment banking job to join Palantir?

Re:Ask HN: Should I leave my investment banking job to join ... by e15ctr0n on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @07:26PM (#7849138)

Last Sunday's New York Times has an article that contains a detailed analysis of the soul-searching that Palantir is undergoing as it expands. The article has interviews with the founder of Palantir and its recruiter. It also has photos of the office.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/business/unlocking-secrets...

The article mentions a cap of $450,000 a year in compensation ($137,000 salary + bonus $15,000 + $300,000 stock).

My 2 cents worth of advice would be to take the job and see how it works out for a year. After that, you are free to decide to go or stay, but with much better information at hand to make your decision.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I leave my investment banking job to join ... by regs on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @07:33PM (#7849162)

For the record, I'm not a recruiter (and was sad to see myself labeled as such). I've worked on the recruiting problem pretty extensively for Palantir, but I'm actually a software engineer. These days, my work tends towards writing about our technology and occasionally speaking in public but I'd hate to go down in history as a recruiter. (Not that there's anything wrong with recruiters).

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Re:Ask HN: Should I leave my investment banking job to join ... by e15ctr0n on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @07:41PM (#7849191)

Oh there's plenty wrong with recruiters. :-)

If you feel that your work has been wrongly portrayed, you can contact the New York Times, who will ensure that the article is corrected and updated accordingly.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/corrections/

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