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It will easily take 1-2 engineers to maintain it in Google. Why 1-2 engineers? Security patches / Internal service deprecation / Migration / Use of deprecated
by dockerd 2y ago
It will easily take 1-2 engineers to maintain it in Google.
Why 1-2 engineers? Security patches / Internal service deprecation / Migration / Use of deprecated dependency / etc
- bikingbismuth 2y agoThe sad truth is that no one is getting a promotion to staff for just maintaining a service. I wish this wasn’t so. At a previous job I had a VP tell me that my team was like a public utility and I took that as a compliment. Later my boss explained they were saying that they only noticed my team when something was broken. Sort of explained my lack of career progression in retrospect.
- mmikeff 2y agoThey could outsource this to someone only too grateful to keep it running for less than the cost of an internal engineer
- fefferkorn 2y agoThis is where you start your own company and sell "maintenance" to your company you work for.