"Sparrow’s acquisition is a success story. Indie devs make a great product, build a customer-base, and are rewarded with a buy-out from a big company and they g

"Sparrow’s acquisition is a success story. Indie devs make a great product, build a customer-base, and are rewarded with a buy-out from a big company and they get new jobs with that company. It might not be what your particular goal or end-game is, but it is a success." So when you boil it down "mak[ing] a great product, build a customer-base, ... are rewarded" with a job at google. Therefore building the product was, essentially, like a job interview.