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Nor is it likely that they care. This was a huge waste of time if it was really written for and sent to a recruiter.

If they even got one paragraph in I'd be surprised. Delete - next candidate.

This would be true if you were reading this in front of his personal email client.

Fact is, it's an open letter, and therefore guaranteed to connect with his target audience who are not, in fact, google.

Agreed. An amusing read though... "For example, for me, video distribution is a solved problem."