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Ask HN: How much would it cost to sell yourself out to a company like Palantir?
- oldmanthrowit 7y agoPalantir called me yesterday for a pretty senior position. I politely told them that they would need to pay me $500k just to talk to them, and they said they could probably make a $750k/year package. I responded by sending the recruiter some doctored emails of Peter Thiel having sexual relations with a pig, and a copy of our constitution. He never responded, I don't know if I'm going to get the job. Anyways, it makes me wonder. I used to believe that the people I worked with were generally ethically good people who stayed true to their own values, whatever they are. I told a friend of mine about this story, and he asked if I could refer him in, an that $200k was his sell-out number. Personally a long series of tragedies in my life ensured I just don't give a $@$!$@! about money, and I have zero sell-out number. What about you. Would you work for Palantir or an equally despicable company?
- ryacko 7y agoIsn't that the question posed by Black Mirror's Waldo episode?
- oldmanthrowit 7y agoMaybe? Haven't watched television in 20 years.
- quaquaqua1 7y agoI would work for Palantir for about 100k and no other abnormal terms. Sorry to burst your bubble. It's a cold world out there and I've bills to pay and dreams to finance.
- oldmanthrowit 7y ago:( I'm sorry to hear that. Have you considered getting a job as a developer? I hit $100k just before my 19th birthday and have never been below it since (I'm almost double now), nor had problems finding work.