In some areas and industries, noncompete clauses are a way of life companies dont want their best and brightest working for competitors soon, if ever.

California law isnt too keen on noncompete clauses, however, and it looks like Google wants to accelerate the rate at which Yahoo employees jump ship.Matt Cutts, who is of course one of Googles most visible figures, mentioned and perhaps bragged about one defection on his blog last night. I was talking to an excellent new Googler that joined from Yahoo this week, and that reminded me that I meant to do this post a little while ago, he wrote.Cutts then segued into what sounds a lot like a job offer, continuing, If youre an excellent Yahoo engineer with solid experience in search, Google is hiring. If you want to apply for a Software Engineer SWE position in Mountain View, use this job page and the application will make it to the right recruiters. Thanks!Its a little bit hard to know what to make of the post the act of advertising a single opening or even several on Cuttss blog seems like the HR equivalent of fishing with dynamite.Still, the key point, as far as we can tell, is that Googles getting even more aggressive about draining Yahoo of talent.