The prime reason the Google homepage is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact, it was noted that the SUBMIT button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.

I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.

For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone.

This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to think their way out of that little box: 'We know you said it was impossible, but we're going to do this, this, and that to get us there.'