I'm honestly surprised 20% time is still a thing at Google. I would say around 8 years ago when I spoke to a Google employee they were saying it was there but b

I'm honestly surprised 20% time is still a thing at Google. I would say around 8 years ago when I spoke to a Google employee they were saying it was there but basically the 20% time went towards things that were basically just an offshoot of that department anyway. And then I haven't heard of the 20% time at all in the last..maybe 5 years, although I don't really know anyone who works at Google anymore. It kind of reminded me of the vibe with postdoc students having to stick within their advisor's field versus really being able to do projects for themselves.