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[ma2rten]

Google still has 20% time. That is a myth. Google even has an internal startup incubator that allows participants to spend 100% of their time on 20% projects.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2016/05/19/google-c...

[aarpmcgee → ma2rten]

I was never allowed 20% time during my stint at Goog, was not a myth for me :)

[ameister14 → ma2rten]

They still have 20% time for a small set of people, but it's not nearly as widespread as it once was.

[wsh91 → ameister14]

That's not true. Anyone has access to 20% time, the question is just whether or not it makes sense for individual people.

Source: I work here and take advantage of 20% time.

[parhurs → wsh91]

I have to ask out of curiosity: with Google having over 50,000 employees, are you in a place to say 'anyone' (sure, we're talking about developers, but still)?

[wsh91 → parhurs]

Only because this question has been asked multiple times at TGIF (regular all-hands meeting).