"During a trip to Palo Alto earlier this week, we spoke with another high-profile venture capitalist who said he also expected talent to flee Google in increase

"During a trip to Palo Alto earlier this week, we spoke with another high-profile venture capitalist who said he also expected talent to flee Google in increased numbers during 2015 — but only if the company is unable to get its stock growing again" So the alternative to a sorta comfy job with lots of free perks is to slog insane hours in a startup with absolutely no guarantee of a payout? I'd love to know who this VC is; in any case, this is shoddy journalism. It makes sweeping generalization of all employees being after money, which some might be true for some, but I'm sure many of the ones leaving love to challenge themselves to work in unexplored areas, something which no big company provides (exception: GoogleX and other skunk works outfits which let's face it, you gotta know the right people to get in).