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Every few months we (the developers) are given a week of freedom to build/learn whatever we want (within reason). It is so refreshing, and every time I grow so
by cle 10y ago
Every few months we (the developers) are given a week of freedom to build/learn whatever we want (within reason). It is so refreshing, and every time I grow so much faster than when slogging along the rest of the time, and we often invent novel technology that adds a ton of value.
- zeal-technology 10y agoThis is really cool! You see this more in video game companies to spur thoughts and creativity and improve each other. Do you guys team up at all ever to work on new ideas? Out of the new things you learn and build how have they benefited your career? And have they helped in your work for the company?
- cle 10y agoMost people team up. I usually spend my time exploring new technologies and new paradigms to help simplify our stack. I've been doing it for a few years, and many of our foundational services and technologies came directly out of these free weeks. A lot of people take it as an opportunity to solve annoying problems that we don't have time to solve "on sprint". Definitely helped my career, because I can focus on building skills that I personally want to develop, in addition to building something ambitious without worrying about failure.