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Re:Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it by vorpalhex on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @02:01PM (#21765617)
The company I'm at sets aside every other Friday for all engineers to learn, contribute to open source, hack on an idea they may have (that may or may not be related to work), etc.

So far the only problems I've seen is that sometimes it's hard to convince engineers to actually use the time instead of still working on tickets.

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Re:Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it by elpakal on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @02:26PM (#21765827)
very cool. does your company maintain the IP ownership to anything made during these periods?
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Re:Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it by tempestn on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:16AM (#21770476)
I would expect so. Doesn't it seem a bit much to expect the company to give you paid time to work on your own personal side projects? They don't own the knowledge and skills you gain doing it though.
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