there are talks about skype integrating with television sets. Think its LG and more to come. Xbox sits next to that tv and is one of the successful products in it's stack. maybe msft wants to be part of your living room?

sounds like an April fool joke

I just joined a 70 people company from a company with 50K employees globally....and loving it here.

At my past company I worked on an important module, it was well tested, everyone loved it. After 2 months it was on the 'path' to be released after 2 months. At this company I worked on something last week and we are looking to release it in 2 weeks (with enough QA).

People work in mid-small companies. Big companies have smart people but they get LAZY and eventually the culture builds up on you.

It is important to work for a big company and get exposed to the culture......as these are the people you might make products for, these are people who may put money in your company, etc. I would RUN after spending 2 years.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Funny, lot of philosophical analogies and above all have to honor Douglas Adam's imagination

Listing few that stayed 'on my mind' for multiple days

- E=mc2

- Genocide in Darfur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur and

- Wealth controlled by top 1 percent of population in US http://www.slate.com/id/2268872/

JAVA handled by the micro managers. That means each new feature will be nicely documented first...in a contract. It will go through a rigorous due diligence process, the basic questions being 'Whats in it for Oracle', 'Does it help our performance', etc. Oracle makes good enough software but at a slow pace.

Gosling's not going to say 'I am really worried about JAVA and chances are it may not evolve'. But I think its quite clear from this interview.

You obviously make the risky assumption the managers in question know how to properly document and develop software.

As someone who is not working in Google, not in the Bay area, 33 and immigrant - I would do it.

$110K is low for the valley. But, Google will be a good addition on my resume, I will be in the heart of Silicon valley. I will LIVE software for however long I stay here.

Work hard in the first year, once they like your work - ask for a raise or fat(ter) bonus. Work hard in the second year. Move up. Work hard in the third year. Ask for money again. Most probably they will be tired of you. Leave.....

household grocery consumption for a zip code/town/neighborhood (or is there something out there already).

Would be interesting for consumers, manufacturers and stores.

You can file a LLC or S-Corp while on H1 or EAD. It requires you to maintain a full time job (it doesn't mean you cant have a business). USCIS has an entrepreneur category for Green card (I think its new and faster than regular categories). If your idea kicks in you can always switch to this category. You are in a good place to start something....in US.

dont wait