>"Its a bit shorter loop for xooglers and in the past six years I’ve had two other offers but there was always a confounding factor. One was comp, I’m not SWE and in every case i did or would have taken a pay cut."

Interesting you've had two other offers from Google since leaving? Why would they require a pay cut? If you don't mind my asking what's your area if not SWE? Are you on the AI or research side?