Because - as he noted - Google is a fantastic place to work. > Even after almost 20 years of operation, Google is still one of the very best places to work on

Because - as he noted - Google is a fantastic place to work. > Even after almost 20 years of operation, Google is still one of the very best places to work on Earth, just about any way you care to measure it. And I'll echo it - Google is an amazing place to work. It's a company that puts very serious efforts into making its employees productive and trying to help them stay happy and healthy. It's got a quite amazing collection of very talented engineers. While I haven't worked at a huge number of companies, it's the best in this respect that I've ever seen. (None of that means it's the best place for any given person - I know several people, including at least one of my former Ph.D. students and several former undergrads - who left because they wanted a more hard-charging startup environment. And I know others who took such a move, and returned. I don't think they regretted either decision. Everyone's mileage will vary.)