Alex Karp on what Palantir actually looks for

Alex Karp doesn't want well-rounded people at Palantir. He specifically looks for "malshaped high aptitude" — someone whose intelligence is almost disqualifying everywhere else precisely because it's so extreme in one direction. The logic is sharp: a super high aptitude doesn't https://t.co/yuYmEsO8RR

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