REVIEW: Reentry, by Eric Berger
The overall ‘vibe’ of the company was more of a messianic cult than a normal software company. But importantly, it seemed that criticism was highly tolerated and welcomed – one person showed me an email chain where an entry-level software engineer was having an open, contentious argument with a Director of the company with the entire company... See more
Nabeel S. Qureshi • Reflections on Palantir
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Both OpenAI and Palantir required backing by rich people with deep belief and willingness to fund them for years without any apparent or obvious breakthroughs (Elon/YC Research, and Peter Thiel, respectively). Palantir floundered for years, barely getting any real traction in the gov space, and doing the opposite of the ‘lean startup’ thing;... See more
Both OpenAI and Palantir required backing by rich people with deep belief and willingness to fund them for years without any apparent or obvious breakthroughs (Elon/YC Research, and Peter Thiel, respectively). Palantir floundered for years, barely getting any real traction in the gov space, and doing the opposite of the ‘lean startup’ thing;... See more
Nabeel S. Qureshi • Reflections on Palantir
In the Elon Musk biography, Isaacson tells of a poker game where Musk went all-in every time until he won.
It's an analogy for how Musk - in Peter Thiel's words - "understands something about risk that everybody else doesn't", and how he's able to create companies that seemed impossible to everyone... See more
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