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Making 20% Time Work
January 29, 2016 20% time image from lifehacker.com
Following Google’s lead many companies have instituted “20% time” for their employees. This is one day per week in which employees can work on projects of their own choosing. The practice keeps developers motivated and sharp, produces tools to solve company problems, and in the best case creates open source which builds prestige and helps recruitment.
But there’s one problem with twenty-percent time: it takes discipline to pull it off. Without clear direction the open-source day can devolve into an unstructured quagmire, wasting money and demotivating all involved.