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> This is so obviously "enterprise software 101" that it is telling Google is operating in 2024 without it. My impression of GCP generally is that they've got
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> This is so obviously "enterprise software 101" that it is telling Google is operating in 2024 without it.
My impression of GCP generally is that they've got some very smart people working on some very impressive advanced features and all the standard boring stuff nobody wants to do is done to the absolute bare minimum required to check the spec sheet. For all its bizarre modern enterprise-ness, I don't think Google ever really grew out of its early academic lab habits.
- steveBK123 2y agoI know a bunch of way-too-smart PHD types that worked at GOOG exclusively in R&D roles that they bragged to me earnestly was not revenue generating.
- jononor 2y agoIt makes sense for companies to have 1-10% of resources allocated for that. At Google scale that is thousands of people.
- steveBK123 2y agoWhat if it's a lot more than 1-10% at GOOG? Why haven't I met anyone who proudly works on revenue generating product at GOOG compared to the several R&Ders I know from different social circles?
- jononor 2y agoSure it might well be. Ads and Cloud are the main things making money at Google. Those have very high profit margins. So it might be 90% at Google are just spending the money earned by the 10% that are directly bringing in the dough :)