Counterpoint to 'Four Years at Palantir Beats Any Degree': Your Twenties Are Not for Burning Out
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-10-02
Responding to the claim "I'd much rather wake up at 22 with four years at Palantir than a degree from any college," the author pushes back.
- The problem is spending your late teens and twenties in an extremely meritocratic environment that will consume you during the best years of your life
- No one on their deathbed has said they wished they started working in their teens, and that is unlikely to change for hundreds of years
- Perspective matters when luring young people with such offers; still, "to each their own" — some kids may genuinely find it the funnest thing to do
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