Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?
Its amazing how the author talks about Google employees being "entitled" but he himself was showing entitlement after being acquired. Entitled in the sense they can continue to operate as before, with no accountability and involvement from Google, and start getting perks and paychecks from them and hire and fire at will. While not understanding (beforehand)<p>You are getting acquired, for God's sake. You are under Google's scrutiny and Google will be accountable for what you do - even legally. So yes, there are going to be legal issues. Yes, Google is going to involve itself and it is going to follow those policies.<p>Basically such startup founders want to have the cake and eat it as well. Want to get all the economic benefits of the acquisition, then leverage google in customer acquisition perks etc. but still want google to leave them alone. NO matter how much promise is there pre-acquisition, it is just not going to happen. And that is the way it should be.<p>If they want money with independence, ask google to fund them like a VC instead of asking for an acquisition.