If you're not in Google's sales organization(s), does this mean you have to ride out the near term "hoping for the best"? Or, are there development groups that

If you're not in Google's sales organization(s), does this mean you have to ride out the near term "hoping for the best"? Or, are there development groups that have some protection as core technology? Sux if you have to show impact-on-sales when you're not customer facing.