I wouldn't spend too much time looking down your nose at Google's mistakes here, as piaw cautions that they're still a really great company to work for: -At 15

I wouldn't spend too much time looking down your nose at Google's mistakes here, as piaw cautions that they're still a really great company to work for: -At 1500 people, Google was more agile and less political than most 200 person startups! - At any given size, Google was the best company in its class to work for. - At its current size, Google is still more desirable an employer for engineers than Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, and many other well known names. I think you'd find many similar stories at other software companies if you applied as focused of a lens at them.