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Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead

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581 points antr | 1 comments | 16 Aug 13 12:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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akadien ◴[16 Aug 13 12:46 UTC] No.6223619[source]▶
This means that a lowly engineer with a great idea will leave Google to develop it instead of developing it at Google. Perhaps, this is a good outcome given the way Google keeps killing web services that people find useful but aren't profitable for Google.
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1. jusben1369 ◴[16 Aug 13 13:01 UTC] No.6223690[source]▶
I'd be more worried about hiring the next great engineer and continuing to grow. I imagine this was a huge draw for potential new recruits who might now look elsewhere. Existing employees usually have a lot of other reasons for inertia and therefore not leaving (comp and all the other perks)