> Google could have made an offer to Homebrew's Max Howell but chose not to, which speaks volumes. Programming is divided into a multitude of various cultures

> Google could have made an offer to Homebrew's Max Howell but chose not to, which speaks volumes. Programming is divided into a multitude of various cultures with their own (often incompatible) rules. Not without reason, you tend to talk of a "Java shop", "C# shop", "Python shop", ... So, when looking for a good programmer, you either look for a beginner who is still "malleable" into your desired culture, or has the same right pedigree as your company. In this sense, I a priori have no doubt that Max Howell is a decent programmer, but I do believe that he comes from and is attached to a very different programming culture than Google's; thus he would likely not be a good fit.