The thing is that it didn't seem like that at the time. Someone high up went around the company to see if there was a fit for me, claimed there wasn't, and the

The thing is that it didn't seem like that at the time. Someone high up went around the company to see if there was a fit for me, claimed there wasn't, and then said I could either give up on the technology or go work somewhere else. An offer came in around then to do so, I took it. Ironically, that person ultimately left Google arguably over the consequences of adopting that technology later on.