Self-driving talent is fleeing Google and Uber to catch the autonomous-driving gold rush

With every defection, Uber and Google are feeding the fire of their own competition. As competition in the self-driving industry -- nascent as it may be -- gets steeper, top talent from existing and established players are increasingly jumping ship to start or join fresh-faced autonomous tech startups hungry for a piece of the pie. Engineers skilled and experienced in the field of autonomous technology are hard to come by so it's no surprise companies like Ford, General Motors, and Uber are will...