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There is no mystery algorithm. It's just cheap college labor working obscene hours to pump out "data analysis" scripts. The sad thing is that it actually works.
by dkarapetyan 11y ago
There is no mystery algorithm. It's just cheap college labor working obscene hours to pump out "data analysis" scripts. The sad thing is that it actually works. The places that hire palantir are so mired in bureaucracy and process that whatever palantir builds seems to be better. Of course, just like SAP and Accenture you're now kinda locked in with support contracts.
Modern tools like spark and mesos in theory let you do what palantir does and then some but it assumes your internal IT team is semi-competent which more often than not is not a correct assumption.
- irremediable 11y agoIs it cheap college labour? They pay pretty well.
- dkarapetyan 11y agoFor interns maybe. But average salary across the board is not high at all.
- irremediable 11y agoMaybe it tops out early, but I'm given to understand junior salaries are also very competitive. (Maybe this is less true by comparison in the States -- it's fairly true here in the UK.)
- ves 11y agoI thought they pay in the 100-110k range for new grads, which is not great by any standard (given how 'selective' they are)