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Re:Google 20% time volunteers have been rewriting the ITA Ma... by goldenchrome on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:40AM (#29427609)
Haha most Googlers I know work closer to 30 hours a week.
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Re:Google 20% time volunteers have been rewriting the ITA Ma... by xyzzyz on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:59AM (#29427699)
You know some hard working ones then.
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Re:Google 20% time volunteers have been rewriting the ITA Ma... by deadmutex on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:43AM (#29427632)
Two questions: How long have they been in that position? Have they advanced recently?

Genuinely curious.

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Re:Google 20% time volunteers have been rewriting the ITA Ma... by goldenchrome on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:00PM (#29433761)
Once you get to senior you can coast forever and no one will bother you as long as you're meeting expectations, which gets easier and easier once you know the company culture. Anyone with 5+ years of industry experience or 2+ years at Google can figure out how to coast on 30 hours a week if they want. There's 100,000 employees, no one notices. Ads is a seemingly endless firehose of revenue so the bottom line is never threatened by your laziness.
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