Hey SarthakJShetty ! I ' ve already answered part of this question above . The decision to leave , as is always the case I suppose , was a tough one not because of the free food and candies and not even because of the job I was doing but because of the people . Looking back , it ' s still those brilliant , likeminded people I miss the most most of them still my friends for years to come , luckily . That said , I ' d been considering leaving for over a year in favor of joining a Bschool before I finally took the plunge this year I guess the trigger was my grandfather ' s passing away in July which made me reassess a lot of things my future plans being one of them . One cool thing and funfact about Google if I rejoin , all my work and documents and files will be preserved the way I left them , ready to be resumed . Of course , if ever , I hope to join in a different capacity so those files may be useless to me Thanks again for the question !