I think you underestimate how deep-seated the view of Google as liable to end-of-life any product at any time is for the outside world. I don't adopt any new Google products any more, because I have no reason to trust that it will stay around.
Can confirm this internal joke/complaint. In hindsight, hearing it my first week or so should have been a strong red flag toward future frustrations, and the current state of some products.
Nope. The closest I've gotten was rejecting Google recruiters several times.
But like everyone else I'm used to Google failing to care about products.
Inside Google we just constantly joked/complained about "old thing is deprecated, new isn't ready yet"
This held for internal APIs, facilities, systems more even than it did for the outside world. Which is terrible.
I think you underestimate how deep-seated the view of Google as liable to end-of-life any product at any time is for the outside world. I don't adopt any new Google products any more, because I have no reason to trust that it will stay around.
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Can confirm this internal joke/complaint. In hindsight, hearing it my first week or so should have been a strong red flag toward future frustrations, and the current state of some products.