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Author here. While I appreciate the reads, I am even more glad for the amusement provided by various comments about how I'm confused about what "100% time" mea
by cemerick 13y ago
Author here. While I appreciate the reads, I am even more glad for the amusement provided by various comments about how I'm confused about what "100% time" means (since, AFAIK, the post is where the term was first used outside of private conversations with friends of mine), or that it's potentially illegal, or that it's really just the typical 80/20 split and I can't tell the difference. Cheers! :-D
Snark aside, Craig Andera asked me about the post on a recent Relevance podcast, and we talked about it and matters related to 100% time for a good stretch:
http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2013/05/14/chas-emerick-mostly-lazy-podcast-episode-031 http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2013/05/14/chas-emerick-mostl...
- furyofantares 13y ago> since, AFAIK, the post is where the term was first used outside of private conversations with friends of mine I believe the term is used in the Valve employees handbook
- cemerick 13y agoIt's close (from http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.p...): We’ve heard that other companies have people allocate a percentage of their time to self-directed projects. At Valve, that percentage is 100. I definitely don't claim any originality in the concept. The pithy, perhaps eye-roll-worthy phrasing, maybe. ;-)
- loumf 13y agoDidn't I just read on HN that the Valve thing was BS? http://www.develop-online.net/news/44746/Valves-perfect-hiring-hierarchy-has-hidden-management-clique-like-High-School http://www.develop-online.net/news/44746/Valves-perfect-hiri... I know Chas fairly well, and I'm reasonably sure this isn't what he was talking about.