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civilitty on July 2, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract

Yeah, no. Senior people don't want someone to waste time coming up with their own bug ridden solution when it's readily available elsewhere in a peer reviewed form. That kind of experience is what makes gives them the senior qualifier.

ng12 on July 2, 2017 [–]

So Palantir wants senior people who still know how to write code. If you consider it below you, then don't work there. What's the problem?

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