I prefer to be clear here and disclose my conflict of interest (since I work there) and that I speak for myself only.  I&#x27;m not sure if it&#x27;s required that I put it, but I prefer to be clear when it&#x27;s topics related to Google.<p>Most companies I&#x27;ve ever worked at (like Cisco) are very explicit that you can&#x27;t talk at all about stuff your company does (unless you are a VP or granted permission to talk on their behalf).  You will see many Googlers talk on forums like this and they don&#x27;t need permission, but are doing so on their own without the explicit permission from the company.  Google seems to be open about letting us speak publicly about stuff our company does, but that we aren&#x27;t speaking on their behalf.  I feel it needs to be made explicitly clear to anyone reading it that it&#x27;s my own opinion.