Engineers who get dedicated time to work on fun projects are better, happier engineers. Everyone wins. We implement “15% time” for this and other reasons (and

Engineers who get dedicated time to work on fun projects are better, happier engineers. Everyone wins. We implement “15% time” for this and other reasons (and we certainly didn’t invent the idea). Some great ideas came out of it that grew into products and features. But mostly it’s stuff that was fun or interesting but didn’t directly lead to any revenue. That’s not just ok- it’s an important part of getting better as an engineer.