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czhiddy on Nov 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple fires up its version of Google’s "20% time"

None of my half-dozen friends at Google have 20% time. I think the common joke that it's "120%" time might actually be accurate.

j_baker on Nov 13, 2012 [–]

I don't think it's accurate. Plenty of Googlers have 20% projects they spend 20% of their time on.

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