Considering that he'd quit his job as a game developer to be able to develop indie games (http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp)

Considering that he'd quit his job as a game developer to be able to develop indie games (http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp) it's not so surprising that he turns down the job offers. And it also seems that he's in the beginning of starting his own company and hiring developers (http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1205447916/im-sorry-about-the-lack-of-updates http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1205447916/im-sorry-about-the-l...)