>I stand by my comment that Google's approach to transparency (at least internally) is headed in the right direction.

So you admit that your entry omitted any discussion of where Google is headed in the wrong direction? That it was completely one-sided?

>>Dare I call the Google the "holy grail" for many aspiring software developers?

What you are doing, what you have done, is easily termed "gushing." You are so eager to affirm what Google has done for you this summer.

You're even gushing to the person that has come to back you up, when you probably don't even know him. (Or maybe you do, and that's even worse. Is he here to back you up, not to argue of his own accord?)

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I'll tell you what I think is going to happen. This post just might hit the top of HN. You'll get maybe 5-10 new twitter followers. You'll go back to your senior year. Your 1-post blog will languish because you'll be fucking busy (because yeah, you got a Google internship, so you're damn good and that means you should spend your senior year in Toronto focusing on Toronto, not on what the Internet thinks).

I'll get assorted votes in this topic, depending on the crowd that arrives. Depending on how this comment is received. I'm the sort of person that thinks you're not doing good writing if you don't get downvotes, and you should practice by getting downvoted to oblivion so you know how to get close to the real line.

It's just a small bump in the daily discourse of the Internet.

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Where is your cynicism?

(Edit: Did you notice how my flattery of your Google internship (maybe) made my comment more palatable to you?)