Thrun's role as Google VP has been mostly moot for several years now. Those close to Thrun have made no secret of the fact he's focused on Udacity and thus, wh

Thrun's role as Google VP has been mostly moot for several years now. Those close to Thrun have made no secret of the fact he's focused on Udacity and thus, whether he would like to work at Google or not, he can only do so much.