BigDave - 10:03 pm on Feb 8, 2005 (gmt 0)

Does anyone commenting really understand what it's like to work for a company that large (and powerful)?

Intel, NCR/AT&T, NEC and DG would be the large ones. And I also spent a lot of time with IBM, HP and DEC, though not in their employ.

But "size doesn't matter" in this case. Hell, it doesn't matter that it is a business.

If you come into my house as a new aquantance, and I tell you something in confidence, which you then post to some public forum, along with badmouthing me, you will no longer be my friend, nor will you ever come into my house again.

Google is, and always has been a secretive company, as are most tech companies. They are often open secrets, but still "secret" none the less. Post them openly on a blog and they are no longer secret.

Hell, if you look at most employment contracts you aren't allowed to talk to anyone other than HR about your compensation, though they know you will. You simply can't let some new guy get away with posting it to a public forum.