"But Google Does It This Way": Why Data Products Must Be about Your Company, Not Others
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Your week starts off great. You have the best cup of coffee, sit down at your (virtual) desk, join the meeting and in that weird zone between 9:00 and 9:02 when the meeting begins, you hear “I was reading about how Google does [insert data product here] why don’t we do it like that?” Suddenly, that cup of coffee doesn’t taste as good, and by 9:03 you’re scrambling to explain and justify why your approach is the right one. Feel familiar? I hear it all the time - pressure to build the products that the giants use. Here’s the issue: what is best for the giants may not be best for your company.
"But Google Does It This Way": Why Data Products Must Be about Your Company, Not Others
"But Google Does It This Way": Why Data…
"But Google Does It This Way": Why Data Products Must Be about Your Company, Not Others
Your week starts off great. You have the best cup of coffee, sit down at your (virtual) desk, join the meeting and in that weird zone between 9:00 and 9:02 when the meeting begins, you hear “I was reading about how Google does [insert data product here] why don’t we do it like that?” Suddenly, that cup of coffee doesn’t taste as good, and by 9:03 you’re scrambling to explain and justify why your approach is the right one. Feel familiar? I hear it all the time - pressure to build the products that the giants use. Here’s the issue: what is best for the giants may not be best for your company.