[MattLaroche]

Bunch of reasons:

* Making hedge funds richer didn't actually feel like changing the world.

* I never really clicked on the codebase, didn't understand what was going on in the code, and didn't contribute much. (I don't think the code was easy to understand, and my mentor wasn't much help)

* I wasn't interested in making Palantir my full life, and there was a lot of pressure to have work be life. One of the leaders in my group basically said "yeah, I don't spend time with my pre-Palantir friends anymore."

* I also didn't click with my coworkers. I was about 27, and felt like an old guy. There were a bunch of other things socially that didn't work out. Strong culture that I didn't jive with.

* I got the signal that my 9-7 schedule wasn't enough.

The Government group may have been a better fit for me, I'm not sure.

[dbt00]

Hey, not everybody there was baby faced. Your lead when you quit was 35. :)