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Google certainly doesn't encourage people to talk about their work--it's one of the things that puts me off the thought of working there.

http://www.google.com/events/io/2011

There are 25,000 Google employees, how many of them do you think are attending IO (total attendance 5000), let alone speaking there.

That's a stage managed corporate event announcing new products and initiatives, it's no more a display of openness than Steve Jobs' keynotes.

Not really a representative sample of corporate culture. It's almost three years since my last job, and maybe I can talk about what I did there or get a job in a similar industry as of November.

Talking about your work is one thing; talking about what you’re working on, that’s something else entirely.