CarolLee

ENGL2116
SkillGapAnalysis
CompanyAnalysis
GoogleisamultinationalmultiproductcorporationknownforitsInternetsearchengine.The
Internetisone,ifnot,thebiggestfastestformsofcommunicationweuseintodayssociety.Itisusedto
connectpeoplefromanywhereintheword.OneofthebiggestsearchenginetoolstodayisGoogle.At
Google,theSoftwareEngineersaretheKingsoverthehill.Therearemanydifferentlocationsallover
Americatobetterserveitsconsumer.GooglesSoftwareEngineersforTechnicalInfrastructuresinLos
Angelesmainmissionistoprogress,protect,andprovideforthesoftwareandsystemsbehindall
Googlespublicservices,suchas,Search,Ads,Gmail,Android,YouTube,andAppEngine.Thisposition
isanunusualjob,likeanyothertraditionaloperationsgroups,Googlekeepimportant,revenuecritical
systemsupandrunningdespitehurricanes,bandwidthoutages,andconfigurationissues.Googlestrives
forsimplicityandhideitscomplexityofsearchbehindablandandsimpleinterfacesopeoplecanuseit
andgettothepoint.BaseoftheSWOTAnalysisofGoogleInc,twocorestrengthsatGoogleistheir
searchengine,whichprocessesnearly70%oftheworldsqueriesandAndroidpowersnearly80%of
smartphonesworldwide.Googlesgreateststrengthisalsoitsbiggestweakness.Morethan90%ofits
revenuescomefromadvertisement.Googletriestoloweradswhiletheuserbrowseforanything.Also,
oneoftheirweaknessesis:themoreusers,themorethreats.Googletriestheirbesttodecreasethese
threatsbycreatingfirewallsfortheusersownsaftety.AccordingtoFrobes,Googleisthedominant
playerintheInternetsearchandoneofthemostimportanttechnologycompaniesbutstillfacesmajor
challenges.FourtechnicalchallengesthatGooglefaceare:speechrecognition,naturallanguage
understanding,understandingconversation,andtheknowledgegraph.Thesefourmainareasareissues
that,despiteGooglesenhancements,arestillnotsolved.
GapAnalysisTable
JobRequirement
Design,writeand
deliversoftwareto
improvethe
availability,scalability,
latency,andefficiency
ofGooglesservices
Solveproblemsrelating
tomissioncritical
servicesandbuild
automationtoprevent
problemrecurrence

Skills
Ihavebuiltmyown
kernelsforandroidand
createrootaccessfor2
4years.

Interest
HighInterest

Background
Built23kernalsfor
Androidphonetorun
differentlyfromstock
mod.

Experiencestoevaluate
informationandbreak
themdownintotheir
keycomponents.Have
analyticalabilityand
lateralthinking

HighInterest

Goodenoughto
succeed,23years
knowledge

Influenceandcreate
newdesigns,
architectures,standards
andmethodsforlarge
scaledistributed
systems.
Conductperiodicon
calldutiesusinga
followthesunmodel.

Doesnothavemuch
experiencestocreate
newmethods,butdo
havesomeknowledge
recentlybecauseof
coursescurrently
taking.
Previousjob,Ihave
basicknowledgeand
willingtolearnmore
andupforchallenges
comingmyway.

FairInterest

1year

HighInterest

Currentjob,Ifacenew
challengeseveryday.

AddressingtheGaps
Tostrengthenmyletterofapplication,Iwouldneedtoapplymoreofmyskillsandknowledge.State
moreofmystrengthsandhowitwillbenefitnotonlymebutthecompanytoo.Showhowdedicatedand
desperateIamforthispositionandhowIcanapplymyexperiencesintoit.