Palmer Luckey on why seniority and credentials shouldn’t matter at your company

“Fundamentally you have to align all of your incentives - from the career cycles to the pay incentives to the equity grant incentives - around rewarding people who are able to prove that they can move quickly and efficiently.”

Palmer points out that Spencer Fishman went from Anduril intern to the engineering lead of the Ghost program in less than two years. And now he’s one of the leads on the submarine work the company is doing.

“If you show that you can kick butt, you are not going to be held back simply because of seniority or because you don't have the right piece of paper. As a college dropout, that would also be hypocritical of me.”

Full video: Anduril Industries “In the Ops Room with Palmer Luckey“ (Aug 2022)