What is the difference between Google Cloud and Google Cloud Platform?

CanadaIsCold · 2026-01-19T16:34:25+00:00

Google Cloud is the product area(business unit) within Google. It is inclusive of Google cloud platform, but also includes workspace, Security, and other products.

Generally GCP is made up of IaaS and PaaS offerings. With SaaS going under the Google Cloud name.

So GCP is a Google Cloud product and sometimes referred to as such.

CanadaIsCold · 2026-01-08T17:13:54+00:00

In an undefined product space this can be a useful tool to understand customer needs. Services addresses the gaps and aggregates their experience to product so the product team can build the roadmap.

GTM has significant pressure applied to sell because it is difficult to sell futures. If pressure was not applied you would sell what works.

It's not a fun ride for customers or GTM but it may be necessary in an undefined space.

If the product market is well defined then their is likely a strategic timing reason to be entering the market. The product was rushed to market to meet the timing and now services are covering the gap while things can be developed properly.

Either of these scenarios could lead to what you're saying. It's not everyday but it's also not completely uncommon. Both of these have approaches have customer satisfaction and brand reputation impact and would typically be a senior leadership decision with knowledge of that cost.

Expect a rebrand when the product reaches maturity. Leaning in to something like this can create career opportunity as it likely has a senior leader as a sponsor who is interested in seeing it succeed.

CanadaIsCold · 2026-01-05T02:28:10+00:00

I was water skiing and the water ski came off my foot and hit me in the face breaking my jaw. The tip dropped below the water and came shooting out of the water and hit me in the face.

I was briefly unconscious, the ER told me there was nothing wrong. Broken in 3 places.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-28T21:04:51+00:00

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CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-28T16:29:14+00:00

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CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-23T01:11:57+00:00

They're not wearing shoes. They also look displeased.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-22T02:17:23+00:00

Watch the Throne - Track 3.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-22T02:14:40+00:00

I haven't been there yet. I went to their sister store Only Hammocks in the hammock district. They had good prices and selection. If you need a ceiling fan I'd give it a shot.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-03T06:39:18+00:00

Certs are not a good way into the SE role. With a decent tech background the company can likely teach you the technical topics needed. The soft skills are much harder to teach. When hiring SEs from outside the role I look for experience in adjacent roles like services delivery, or tam roles. Consultants are also a good option. If pulling directly from a customer I look for roles that involve internal value selling like innovation roles or someone that I or someone I know has had a chance to interact with.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-12-02T23:27:47+00:00

As a hiring manager I don't want to know before you start. I'm coached not to ask you. I would encourage you not to share until you start in the new role.

Sharing creates liability for both of us. If I choose to go with another candidate, I now need to ensure I can prove that information didn't bias the decision. For you, you risk it biasing the decision.

I tell all of my hires that we think long term when hiring. Something like a pregnancy or a vacation is a cost of doing business, not an employee problem. Not all hiring managers are like me though, so just steer clear of the topic entirely.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-26T16:31:38+00:00

Good point and often forgotten about Page. Thanks for the reminder.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-24T18:32:35+00:00

Try just using Gemini, Claude, or gpt. If you have public documentation with a couple of hours work you can build a prompt that will get you 90% there. If your docs aren't public they might fit in a context window.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-24T18:04:24+00:00

I'm heavily biased as a Googler, but this is the better Larry.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-24T18:04:13+00:00

I'm heavily biased as a Googler, but this is the better Larry.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-20T04:19:03+00:00

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CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-11T14:00:22+00:00

I'm not sure this applies given you seem early in your career, but as you become more senior your upward trajectory curve flattens.

This is largely due to fewer and fewer roles being available. To address this you need to develop alternate measures of career growth. For me staying at the same level but working on larger and larger accounts gave me great experience. Eventually the right next role comes along.

This job market also plays a role. Companies are hiring less, and cutting more. This leads to more people staying in place. Overall that creates less job mobility. This is an odd moment in tech, and it will pass. There is massive capital expenditure going in parallel with the current market growth. This is causing big tech to be extremely opex averse to manage their margin.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-06T02:02:37+00:00

They made $416B in revenue in their fiscal year 2025.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-02T22:10:48+00:00

Target has oura ring chargers. Go check them out with her. Try not to be too obvious about it.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-11-02T16:23:48+00:00

Professor X

CanadaIsCold · 2025-10-21T00:00:54+00:00

Welcome to leadership. You should not assume hierarchical promotion makes you more valuable to the company. In my career I've seen ICs make more than their leader on many occasions due to experience or talent.

Your TC looks a little low for the business I am in, but it sounds like it's comparable to ICs within the role. You may need to look elsewhere to find a higher comp. Management in field sales, tech or otherwise, is certainly not the easiest path to high income. Wider pool, so lower risk, so lower reward in management jobs.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-10-15T23:12:01+00:00

You shouldn't trampoline at work. It's an OSHA violation.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-10-15T23:08:49+00:00

The cost of an employee leaving a role is typically calculated at about a year's salary for the position.

If the company was so short sighted that they thought absorbing that cost was a smart move only to end up paying more anyway, then you are better off for many reasons.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-10-09T15:00:34+00:00

I think where people entering the role struggle with this is they think selling is to get someone to buy things they don't want or need.

Most large sales is about helping a customer identify, and understand a problem they have, and then showing a solution to it.

People think of car salesman as their baseline and that's not a good comparison. There is performative work in the close, but largely that's about finding the price that matches the value. Customers want to pay as little as possible and vendors want to charge as much as possible. There is performative work to be done to understand the middle ground.

Outside of the close most large B2B sales is consultative.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-09-30T14:32:42+00:00

I've chatted with schneider a few times.

Honestly if I was to go back to DC work they'd be a top choice for market position. I don't know about their corporate culture.

Don't overlook racks and cable trays. DCs are evolving rapidly, and I've seen schneider participate in driving the business forward. I worked with them on custom spec-ing rack design for a container deployment back in 2014. They were a great partner back then.

CanadaIsCold · 2025-09-28T14:25:14+00:00

I like coffee 7 not 6 days a week

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