 details of how Google does things. I have grilled my Googler friends for information about the way things really work inside of the company. How do they manage such a massive, monolithic code repository without falling over? How do tens of thousands of engineers successfully collaborate on thousands of projects? How do they maintain the quality of their systems?</p>
<p>Working with former Googlers has only increased my curiosity. If you’ve ever worked with a former Google engineer (or "Xoogler," as they�