March 30, 2005

Google Employee On 20 Percent Time

Many of you have heard about the "20 percent time" Google employees are allowed to spend on anything they want. In Google 20%, Google software developer Joe Beda blogs his personal views on how it works.

It's an interesting short read on how people may move between project teams in a "fluid" manner, how two teams might be allowed to work on similar projects in hopes things will ultimately be resolved, and how having 20 percent time isn't just a time to goof off. Do what you want, but do something interesting, Beda seems to say:

Heck, I don't have a good 20% project yet and I need one. If I don't come up with something I'm sure it could negatively impact my review.

Posted by Danny Sullivan at March 30, 2005 7:45 AM

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://post.blog.searchenginestrategies.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/6134