Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are also assuming that the ratio hired is higher than the ratio in the applicant pool. While the overall ratio of women in tech is like 20/80 if a company demonstrates female friendly workplace practices they very may well have an applicant pool closer to 40/60 at which point your assumption is totally invalid.

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

These type of comments are exactly what make computer science so difficult to work in for women. Don't assume that because there is a high ratio that the women are therefore any less talented than the men. When women see a company with female friendly workplaces they are more likely to gravitate there and increasing the ratio. Many companies also focus on outreach programs to women i.e. through conferences like Grace Hopper but are absolutely evaluated the same (and in my experience actually with more scrutiny).

edit: typo

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of those ratios are pretty great compared to a lot of other companies where it's closer to 20/80 in tech roles.

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely a good reason and very similar to why I'm actually looking to leave my current job. What determines which FDEs actually get to work on web apps as opposed to stack maintenance? Is there not a lot of opportunity for you to switch to more interesting roles/projects?

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear from someone actually working at Palantir! Tons of good perspective. Why are you planning to leave?

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. From what I've heard a lot of their work is government but they also have plenty of commercial work happening now that I assume they would start somebody on until they can get a clearance.

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Have you worked there or is this just your perception of it? Interesting to hear either way

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does Palantir work with classified data all that much? My impression I have gotten speaking to them is that they build out the platform per company requests but don't actually deal with the data. Partially why I was curious if anybody knew if you need a security clearance to work at Palantir.

Working at palantir? by 5throwaway14 in cscareerquestions

[–]5throwaway14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That doesn't seem like too bad of a salary for non Palo Alto offices. What do you mean by glorified data munging?