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Comment by honkhonkpants | Hacker News Reader

Why should they "get props" for duping graduates into wasting time joining their flailing business? That sounds like a trick, not a benefit.

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Yeah, CMU grad here. My impression of Palantir is that they hire the top 1% of developers and pay them what a 50 percentile developer would make.

If you ever get a palantir job offer, you'd be better off just forwarding it to Uber, or Google or FB, and waiting for them to give you a 50% increased counteroffer on the spot.

Curious what your estimate of a 50th and a 99th percentile developer salary is for a new grad? And do you mean a 50th percentile CMU grad, or a 50th percentile CMU grad developer, or just overall?

Perhaps I exaggerate with the 99 percentile number, but the people I know who work at a top(high paying) company like Uber or Jane Street will get something like 150k easy (and maybe a signing bonus), and Palantir is more middle of the road with 100k base salary or less, and stock options of dubious value.

Are you saying 150k salaries for new grads or total comp?

ASAIK, Goog/Uber/FB starting salaries are closer to 110k base with $40-50k RSUs vesting per year (refreshes each year), performance bonus 10-15% salary and sometimes a generous signing bonus.

Well yeah, you should be incredibly smart to trick the smartest graduates in the country to dedicate their lives to your so called "mission" :P. You should read some of the answers from their Director of Engineering, so incredibly cheesy.

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