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What do we know about the quality of the tools used by say the chromebook sales analysts ? This isn't spanner or bigtable.
by seemslegit 7y ago
What do we know about the quality of the tools used by say the chromebook sales analysts ? This isn't spanner or bigtable.
- summerlight 7y agoGoogle's internal corp tools designed for majority of its employees are pretty nice. Tools for Chromebook sales analysts might not be as great though, but it also doesn't make sense to put tons of investments into a tool used by just tens of sales people. (Of course, there's a number of general marketing tools for thousands of sales)
- danpalmer 7y agoI've heard Google internal tools are very hit and miss. The engineering stuff is top-notch, but things like their applicant tracking system is archaic (or was a few years ago).
- kartayyar 7y agoOn average, a Google internal tool is better than a commercially equivalent tool elsewhere, especially if it's developer critical. For example the code search, testing, code review tools are amazing and better than any commercial equivalent. Other tools like the bug database are on par with the industry. Others like the food, directory and interviewing tools are still pretty damn good and even if they are lacking some polish, are often far more functional than the average commercial equivalent. And of course they are hit and miss - because there are so many of them. The ones that are commonly used are well funded and have lots of people working on them. I no longer work at Google but still consider it a role model for how companies should take tooling seriously.