What is interesting is how entrepreneurial and "start-upy" this post is. He is basically trying to appeal to all the engineering candidates who would be qualified to work for Google and not any of the other opportunities that are available to them.

Is this part of the change in leadership-think at Google with Larry taking the reins? I know that Wall Street had a huge allergic reaction to the numbers Google had been posting in r&d/hiring/talent. And I think Google backed off for a while on all that to their detriment. Now with new leadership perhaps we will see a renewed vigor to solidify talent.

Talent, by definition, is scarce. Time will tell.