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Gmail. That alone is a pretty consequential product of the ethos.
by vanadium 7y ago
Gmail. That alone is a pretty consequential product of the ethos.
- doh 7y agoActually Paul Buchheit said it wasn't 20% project [0] > Gmail is often given as a shining example of the fruits of Google’s 20 percent time, its legendary policy of allowing engineers to divvy off part of their work hours for personal projects. Paul Buchheit, Gmail’s creator, disabused me of this notion. From the very beginning, “it was an official charge,” he says. “I was supposed to build an email thing.” [0] https://time.com/43263/gmail-10th-anniversary/ https://time.com/43263/gmail-10th-anniversary/