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    Gap Analysis

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    Google is a multinational technology company known for its internet search engine. It processes nearly 70% of the world's search queries and Android powers 80% of smartphones. More than 90% of Google's revenue comes from advertising. The document discusses Google's Software Engineers for Technical Infrastructure in Los Angeles, whose mission is to develop, protect, and maintain systems behind Google services like Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Android. It also faces challenges like speech recognition and natural language processing that remain unsolved. The gap analysis table compares job requirements to the applicant's skills, interests, and background, identifying areas of high and fair interest but also gaps in experience creating new designs and architectures for large-scale systems.

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    Google is a multinational technology company known for its internet search engine. It processes nearly 70% of the world's search queries and Android powers 80% of smartphones. More than 90% of Google's revenue comes from advertising. The document discusses Google's Software Engineers for Technical Infrastructure in Los Angeles, whose mission is to develop, protect, and maintain systems behind Google services like Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Android. It also faces challenges like speech recognition and natural language processing that remain unsolved. The gap analysis table compares job requirements to the applicant's skills, interests, and background, identifying areas of high and fair interest but also gaps in experience creating new designs and architectures for large-scale systems.

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    Google is a multinational technology company known for its internet search engine. It processes nearly 70% of the world's search queries and Android powers 80% of smartphones. More than 90% of Google's revenue comes from advertising. The document discusses Google's Software Engineers for Technical Infrastructure in Los Angeles, whose mission is to develop, protect, and maintain systems behind Google services like Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Android. It also faces challenges like speech recognition and natural language processing that remain unsolved. The gap analysis table compares job requirements to the applicant's skills, interests, and background, identifying areas of high and fair interest but also gaps in experience creating new designs and architectures for large-scale systems.

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    Gap Analysis

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    Carol Lee
    Google is a multinational technology company known for its internet search engine. It processes nearly 70% of the world's search queries and Android powers 80% of smartphones. More than 90% of Google's revenue comes from advertising. The document discusses Google's Software Engineers for Technical Infrastructure in Los Angeles, whose mission is to develop, protect, and maintain systems behind Google services like Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Android. It also faces challenges like speech recognition and natural language processing that remain unsolved. The gap analysis table compares job requirements to the applicant's skills, interests, and background, identifying areas of high and fair interest but also gaps in experience creating new designs and architectures for large-scale systems.

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    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.

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