Comment on Google slowing hiring to “technical and critical roles” onlyparentComments−myself2484ykeep existing products healthyAre we talking about the same Google?−shadowgovt4yWe are. Because of Google's sheer size, it does have user-visible outages, but the ratio of outages to (uptime X services supported) is pretty much best-of-industry.... it has to be, because at their size, outages are catastrophic for people.−saagarjha4ySomeone needs to keep things running for search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail, …
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Are we talking about the same Google?
We are. Because of Google's sheer size, it does have user-visible outages, but the ratio of outages to (uptime X services supported) is pretty much best-of-industry.
... it has to be, because at their size, outages are catastrophic for people.
Someone needs to keep things running for search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail, …