said (2mo ago #2231 ):
Lessons from Palantir Alums About Building a Tech Company
(https://www.partly.work/p/lessons-from-palantir-alums-about)
said (2mo ago #2232 ):
I found this super interesting. The cadence of forward deployed engineers solving problems by any means necessary to get the sale then coming back and re-integrating that code and wisdom into the main product/codebase sounds like a great core engine for the company. No wonder Palantir is killing it.
said (2mo ago #2236 ), referenced by >>2237:
I worked closely with Palantir guys for about a decade when I lived in Northern Virginia and worked in the DC tech scene. I saw their business model up close.
A key fact is that the customers were almost entirely government bureaucracies whose own technical capabilities were low. I can see this model being extended to enterprise customers with low technical capabilities.
There may be plenty such customers.
I don't think it makes much sense in contexts where part of a customer's goal is to develop internal technical capabilities.
A key fact is that the customers were almost entirely government bureaucracies whose own technical capabilities were low. I can see this model being extended to enterprise customers with low technical capabilities.
There may be plenty such customers.
I don't think it makes much sense in contexts where part of a customer's goal is to develop internal technical capabilities.
said (2mo ago #2237 ):
>>2236
That makes sense. The forward deployed engineers are the engineers the customer should have but don't.
That makes sense. The forward deployed engineers are the engineers the customer should have but don't.