Also, there are many a decent xysicists in tech. Physics skews to supernerds like good CS folks, so there's quite a bit of problem-solving and subject matter crossover beyond the closest neighbor, EE/CS.
The Goog has pockets of okayness here and there, so maybe they've found a comfortable home after 12 years. :)
did he quit and go into CS, is he on HN?
Did he make any other discoveries regarding the assiness of other fields of human endeavor as the years went by?