Definition
The ability to tackle technical challenges that are open-ended in nature, with multiple possible solutions that will incur different trade-offs. At Palantir, we rarely work on problems that have a single optimal solution. Instead, we consider different ideas and approaches that introduce different considerations. For example, consider:
- Building a complex system with multiple parts from scratch
- Introducing a new solution to an existing large code base
- Solving a problem with limited time and resources in which "perfect" is unattainable
- Enabling a workflow for which no ideal solution exists