I've had a number of different managers at Google and I've never had one that ever tried to tell me not to do anything, and even when they wanted me to do somet

I've had a number of different managers at Google and I've never had one that ever tried to tell me not to do anything, and even when they wanted me to do something their direction wasn't particularly strong. As far as my experience goes you can do anything you want at Google as long as it appears to have some value.