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> I'm not a Googler but wasn't Gmail a 20% project? (And maybe other Google products that I don't know?) I think the parent meant they didn’t see a 20% time pr
by jayflux 6y ago
> I'm not a Googler but wasn't Gmail a 20% project? (And maybe other Google products that I don't know?)
I think the parent meant they didn’t see a 20% time project come to fruition while they were there, not in general
- tonfa 6y agoAlso I don't think gmail was a 20% project (at least according to wikipedia which links to http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-16-n55.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-16-n55.html): > [...] they asked me if I wanted to build some type of email or personalization product. It was a pretty non-specific project charter. They just said, “We think this is an interest area.” Of course, I was excited to work on that.