[EpicBlackCrayon]

I think this is right on the money, particularly with respect to Google. They're going to lock you away for X years to work on some internal project that'll probably never see the light of day. I think all of the hullabaloo about company culture "fit" and the awe of working for the Big G factors into that. The work is probably boring and mundane and they hope to further lock you in by making sure that you only subscribe to their ideology. This is all conjecture for now, but I have an internship coming up with one of the Big 4 and while I am genuinely excited/interested to work there I wonder if it'll also confirm my suspicions.

Would you say that Apple or Microsoft are any different?