Yes, but what about the audacity of it? Get paid a lot to join a company but then decide to get up and leave again 2 years later? He just wants to be passed around?
You can have character and be loyal to Google (lol) or make $xx million… I’m not surprised when people choose the latter.
Oh my goodness think of the poor multi-trillion dollar company!! No honour among thieves these days...
There's a possibility that he lost out in internal political battles, and things weren't going his way. Google is full of battle-hardened political warriors who will do anything (subterfuge, sabotage, etc.) to win battles. It is possible that a guy who just wants to build cool shit would feel like a misfit in such an environment.