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1. Unsatisfied with working at Google, Googler leaves to become a founder at a startup 2. Startup does stuff that Google wants 3. Google acquires startup, Goo

• icey 16y ago
  It seems like a pretty meritocratic way to earn a bigger pay raise than you'd normally get.
• davidu 16y ago
  It's also a common strategy for someone in an organization to make a big vertical leap or move across the organization in a way that would be nearly impossible internally. Basically, an infrastructure engineer leaves and comes back as a VP of Product for social wizardry.