New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Shankar Murali, an Engineering Analyst Manager, marks 20 years at Google. On this occasion, he shared his journey in a reflective LinkedIn post. Shankar joined Google India during its early, modest beginnings. The office lacked a cafeteria, and teams were genuinely small then.

He worked on Checkout, an early payments pilot with a code name. Shankar recalls whiteboarding sessions, designing risk and merchant review models. TGIF meetings then felt intimate, with leads discussing ideas openly. Employees could ask leadership virtually anything during those sessions.

Shankar later worked through a major licensing expansion effort. This included establishing Google Payments in all 50 US states. He then joined a team based...