At the end of my post about Yahoo raiding IBM for employees, I originally concluded, "Where have all the engineers gone? Off to Google, Yahoo and MSN." Sounds better if you
hum the tune of "Where Have All The Flowers Gone." Thought it was a bit lame so cut it — then just came across Anyway,
Revenge of the Nerds — Again from BusinessWeek, where Ben Elgin looks at the
brain drain happening as Google and Yahoo suck up tech talent. Geez, 230 engineers hired by Google in the second quarter of this year! A nice recap of who’s gone where.
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