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Its start-up days long over, Google sees talent leaving

By Claire Cain Miller | New York Times | Updated: 2010-12-12 08:49

Its start-up days long over, Google sees talent leaving

Google is trying to stop an exodus. Josh McFarland, far left, with Mark Ayzenshtat, quit to start his own firm. Thor Swift for The New York Times

Google, which only 12 years ago was a scrappy start-up in a garage, now finds itself viewed in Silicon Valley as the big, lumbering incumbent. Some of the company's best engineers are chafing under the growing bureaucracy and are leaving to start or work at smaller, nimbler companies.

Its start-up days long over, Google sees talent leaving

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