You haven't addressed his fundamental complaint: don't contact him.
"As for what team you'll be working on, you as a candidate have a lot of power in that regard."
Are you serious? Allocation is a joke. It's hard to say what you are willing to work on in sufficient detail when you don't know what choices you have.
You haven't addressed his fundamental complaint: don't contact him.
"As for what team you'll be working on, you as a candidate have a lot of power in that regard."
Are you serious? Allocation is a joke. It's hard to say what you are willing to work on in sufficient detail when you don't know what choices you have.
(I work at Google.)