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Independent Developer Projects in the Workplace?

Posted by Cliff on from the if-it-works-for-Google... dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "My company wants to increase creativity and innovation, we our thinking of implementing a Google like policy of 20% of your time for independent projects but I can't find any details on how Google actually implements this. I am curious how they divvy up their time (1 day a week or 1 week a month)? How do you keep your real project from impacting it? At what point are the projects reviewed? Has anybody experienced other successful ways to stimulate creativity at their workplace?"

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  1. BE COMPLETELY UNEMPLOYED by drewzhrodague · · Score: 0, Troll

    You could always be completely unemployed -- then you'll have plenty of time to work on as many projects as you can.

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  2. Hmm by crummynz · · Score: 0, Troll

    20% of your time doing creative projects? Sounds like most people would spend it drinking beer.

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  3. Re:Google is pretty unique. by legirons · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Every craftsman I know spends a lot of time and effort making sure he has good tools and materials"

    Indeed. If there's anything worse than "task x has to be done by tomorrow", it's "task x has to be done by tomorrow using only Microsoft tools"

  4. Re:Heh by mikefe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can I drop you and everyone who thinks that stupid fucking joke is funny in a vat of boiling elephant fat now?

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