I'm curious, where would you expect someone with years of experience in a specific industry to go after public office? Besides public office, of course.

A company that didn't benefit from his appointment. Is that crazy to expect? Is it really that hard to find?

Not into the arms of a large company they were regulating. It means they have a massive conflict of interests.

Yeah, it's the obvious choice for him, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't set up perverse incentives.

If I wrote regulations that benefitted Google, I would hope I’d go work at Qualcomm or somewhere unrelated. It gives the appearance of quid pro quo.

If I started selling a product that may have benefited a future employer, should I not work for that employer in the future? Not saying these are at all equivalent situations given the amount of power Pai but curious all the same.