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At the top level it's also a game of keep-away.

Google is more than willing to pay a premium sucking up all the brains in the valley and letting them sit around twiddling thumbs so that competitors don't get to them.

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Top engineers probably wouldn't be content merely sitting around, twiddling their thumbs. They want to build things.

have you seen the food in the cafeteria? also did you know that they'll do your laundry here, and also every smart person who went to school with you works down the hall? oh yeah, and you can bring your dog to work? did I mention the food?

No matter how good the benefits, if I'm not doing something meaningful I'm gone

"20% time" could go along way toward solving this at Google though

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