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From what I've heard, Palantir seems like a damn cool company tackling really interesting problems.

But the work ethic required does not appeal to me whatsoever. Does anyone work there? How do you do it?

I work there, in software development. I think I work hard, but certainly not death march hard, or any harder than someone working at another random startup might. Not fourty hours a week, but certainly not eighty, either.

My friend's brother works in software development as well, I hear about the work-life there a lot. It seems completely spoiled and perfect.

So is it 45 or 79?

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