For those of us who are disgusted by the many abuses of the universities—inflated grades, undercover DEI, biased admittance requirements, Marxist propaganda, and let’s not forget outrageous fees!—a new option is being offered by a successful company that is interested in hiring high school graduates without college degrees.
The company is Palantir.
Palantir has been much in the news due to its aggressive pursuit of government contracts and their subsequent success in being awarded them. But most impressive is that the company is taking a fairly new approach to hiring, which will bypass the university system:
Palantir launched a ‘Meritocracy Fellowship’ this week aimed at high schoolers or recent graduates who want to ‘get the Palantir Degree’ and ‘skip the debt’ and ‘indoctrination.’ The role(s) will be earned ‘solely on merit and academic excellence.’
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The four-month (Fall 2025) fellowship is ‘in response to the shortcomings of university admissions’ and pays $5,400 a month.
The job description says the role is in New York, New York, and the company ‘encourages employees to work from our offices,’ though its CEO reportedly often works from a barn in New Hampshire.....
Palantir does not have a position for every high school graduate, but they are offering an innovative and less expensive route than post-secondary education in a dynamic and growing company.
Perhaps other kinds of companies will follow their example and institute these kinds of incentives for interns and employment.
And the universities can pound sand.
