Re:The Evolution of SRE at Google
by scarface_74 on Friday January 03, 2025 @02:30PM
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It was 5 years after Android was introduced that the CEO stopped using BlackBerry…
An amusingly good quantification of some evidence. Well done! :D
Still, I don't have much to say that I think the engineering was overly good or bad. I typically think that what they captured for a short while, at least, was enthusiasm. In particular, developers were enthusiastic to be near Google technology in a way that I don't think I've seen for other companies, since.
I don't think they identified it as such, though. Which could be why they seem slow to see that a lot of that has evaporated.
Not to say that they have no enthusiasm, now. I'd wager they still have a lot. But as a percentage share of all developers, it feels very different.
Hard not to disagree with the general trend you are outlining. Most of that feels driven by product choices, moreso than execution. I think a lot of the previous glorification of their work was likely misguided, as well. But I would be hard pressed to be quantitative on that.