Dear Nic, now that Carr is in your feed, I propose you had Greg Linden ! http://glinden.blogspot.com You should dig a few of it's last post. Vivement lundi.
nic
· 3 years ago
Thanks Raphael. Greg's is an interesting blog.
Simon Cast
· 3 years ago
The 20% rule is one that Google needs to be careful about getting rid of. There are two good reasons I can see for keeping the 20% rule: 1) talent retention, and 2) it gives the engineers the opportunity to solve niggles
I suspect that alot of the 20% time goes into creating tools and features that improves the engineer's job rather than products that go onto be sold or even released to the wider internet. Instead they go onto be utilised company wide to improve all the engineers' work.
Simon Cast
· 3 years ago
And also...
I see this not only as a maturing of the organisation but a maturing of the management capabilities and leadership in the company. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few noted departures because they are unable to adjust to the new focus and maturity.
I suspect that Marissa Mayer is a candidate for this. But we shall see.
Mustafa sazak
· 2 years ago
hi. thanks for such lovely site. I love google but gııgle should change it's interface on main search page.
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http://glinden.blogspot.com
You should dig a few of it's last post.
Vivement lundi.
1) talent retention, and
2) it gives the engineers the opportunity to solve niggles
I suspect that alot of the 20% time goes into creating tools and features that improves the engineer's job rather than products that go onto be sold or even released to the wider internet. Instead they go onto be utilised company wide to improve all the engineers' work.
I see this not only as a maturing of the organisation but a maturing of the management capabilities and leadership in the company. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few noted departures because they are unable to adjust to the new focus and maturity.
I suspect that Marissa Mayer is a candidate for this. But we shall see.