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This would not be a 20% project, it would require at least 2 engineers full time for several months. I'm not even a web developer.
by mgraczyk 5y ago
This would not be a 20% project, it would require at least 2 engineers full time for several months. I'm not even a web developer.
- michaelmrose 5y agoIts a man year to migrate per user 10 Google app accounts to 10 Gmail accounts? That seems... wrong. Do you actually work at Google?
- mgraczyk 5y agoI do, and I'd encourage you to try to ship a user-facing feature that transfers control of user data between different authentication users at a big tech company if you're skeptical.
- michaelmrose 5y agoPresumably just leaving users with 10 accounts not attached to a company would cost zero dollars.
- inyorgroove 5y agoSomeone else in the thread mentioned that Education users can migrate their accounts out of the organization to free gmail amounts. Surely some or all of that workflow applies to these legacy free accounts too.
- mgraczyk 5y agoThat was me, I'm sure some of it would apply but you still have to build a web app, test it, test the transfer stuff, implement anything that wasn't already implemented for EDU, etc...
- ikiris 5y agoNot to mention maintain it against the constant library churn. Anyone who was ever an Xoogler knows this is basically a non starter. The privacy issues alone are radioactive as far as desirability to chase.
- michaelmrose 5y agoPardon I meant that question literally not sarcastically. As in is this an actual estimate based on understanding the nature of the problem or an estimate from the outside.
- webmaven 5y agoSo, how many Googlers using their 20% time would it take (I know it would be more than 10)?