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Ask HN: Is Google's 20% time a myth?

Suppose a person were considering joining Google and saw as one of the primary appeals the possibility of spending a decent amount of time on a blue sky project that he/she has already been working on, but which almost certainly has no short-term economic payoff. Are the social incentives set up at Google to make this possible?I've gotten many conflicting reports about this from people at...

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