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Even if there was a one-year non-compete, it could just as easily be that Google isn't working on anything that would trigger it and Gosling just decided to pla
by brown9-2 16y ago
Even if there was a one-year non-compete, it could just as easily be that Google isn't working on anything that would trigger it and Gosling just decided to play safe and wait it out for a year. A year off break from work while you decide what to do next in your career sure sounds like a nice option, and the perfect amount of time to "regroup" like this.
- sriramk 16y agoTrue for the first part. The second could be true too but it would be remarkable if he decided to take a break for almost exactly 365 days.
- iuytghyjuyh 16y agoThe problem is that 'trigger it' means a judge decides that oracle "a computer company" and google "a computer company" are in the same business. Or simply that it wasn't worth the risk. Gosling is being hired to give Google Java-cred it's not like they were waiting for him in order to ship a product