I can understand that.<p>However the part that I'm objecting to is <i>By the time you've reached (3) you've come to believe that Google is years ahead of anyone else; you've transferred all loyalties to the company; you accept the idea that you're in an elite of humanity.</i>  I have a lot of loyalties outside of Google, and recognize a lot of talent that isn't there.  (Some of whom I'd like to get there, but that is another story.)  There are also a lot of kinds of valuable talent which I don't think are even particularly well represented at Google.<p>However I'm really enjoying it.