I transferred to the Motorola division so I kind of have both perspectives while being at Google. In some regard, a lot of Googlers don't even know how good th

I transferred to the Motorola division so I kind of have both perspectives while being at Google. In some regard, a lot of Googlers don't even know how good they have it. What Google manages to do pretty well is pick the right people for 'the company' and then acclimatize them extremely fast to everything: process, tools, lifestyle and sometimes koolaid. In doing so are we infants? Perhaps. But fundamentally this is no different than what all children go through (acclimatization to their environment). I'm not sure working for some crummy company, or a startup means one life is better than the other - they are different. And if you're lucky enough to be able to choose that then that is awesome.