You are not Google (2017)
What I’ve seen more often is software engineers preparing for their next job (or the job they want next) by pushing to build a project with a tool chain that they want to have on their resume. It’s not so much that they want to use X because Google does and it solves their problem, but that they want to look like they know how to use X because then maybe Google will be interested in hiring them—and if not then at least they know that they’re as smart as all those stuck up Googlers anyway.