Google Preventing Talent Defecting

..." last fall, though he remains employed at Google, which bought his company for $1.65 billion in 2006. Steve shifted his focus to help with some Google engineering projects. Hes still involved with YouTube and invested in its success, says YouTube spokesman Ricardo Reyes via email."

Still involved with YouTube"except his role of CTO doesnt actually exist anymore!

The online video space is a tough market these days. While some companies are thriving, others arent fairing so well. Reading between the lines, it seems as though Chens not as important to YouTube"now that a whole army of engineers are at its disposal"but he could play a vital role at one of its competitors.

Were seeing execs playing a lot of musical chairs these days, so it would make sense that Google would want to try and keep their top talent from defecting to a rival.

What do you think?

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