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The idea of using their 20% time like that is pretty cool. Do you guys know of any other companies that use a similar approach, or is this unique to Google?
by joeguilmette 19y ago
The idea of using their 20% time like that is pretty cool. Do you guys know of any other companies that use a similar approach, or is this unique to Google?
- abossy 19y agoI know National Instruments here in Austin has something similar. Not sure of the exact percentage, though.
- bootload 19y ago"... Do you guys know of any other companies that use a similar approach, or is this unique to Google? ..." I know Zuckerberg (un-official) take on this is to encourage employees to "hang-our" together to foster better communication. "Educators Corner, From Harvard to the Facebook with Jim Breyer (Accel Partners), mp3 1Hr, 26Mb" http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1567 http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=156... Not exactly as left field as google. Maybe they cannot afford it or the culture is different?