Don't know how it is now, but this would be a bad idea at Google specifically when Larry was in charge. Back then you'd need to work on something he cared about

Don't know how it is now, but this would be a bad idea at Google specifically when Larry was in charge. Back then you'd need to work on something he cared about to have the best career trajectory. To give an example: Larry never particularly seemed to care about Cloud, Ads or Technical Infrastructure (TI). He did seem to care a lot about Google+, at least until it became obvious that it's not going anywhere, Android, and "moonshot" projects like Waymo (nee Chauffeur).