Google: A Peek At The Campus And Culture

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:16:17 -0500

Getting invited on a scholarship to visit a Google campus and attend their development conference is a memorable experience. It’s an excellent opportunity for a developer to learn about what makes Google tick, their software development process and what their continuous integration and continuous delivery systems are like.

Here are some of the takeaways from the conference and the time I got to spend with some of their engineers:

Very few in companies in the world invest in their people like Google. I, like most people in the tech industry, overhear about the perks and internal tooling available to Googlers, but I was still surprised when I got to see it in person.

Highlights from the Google Automation Conference

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:16:17 -0500

I have listed the talks I got the most value out of from top to bottom with supporting links when appropriate. After digging through my notes from when I attended GTAC 2016 I wanted to share the ones that stood out the most.

Talk: How Flaky Tests in Continuous Integration

This is my pick for best talk of the conference. It’s ground breaking research into flaky tests from googles massive amounts of build data and how they use it to make developers more productive and spot legitimate bugs faster.

Continous-Delivery on Build Wrangler

Google: A Peek At The Campus And Culture

Highlights from the Google Automation Conference