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

(qz.com)
581 points antr | 1 comments | 16 Aug 13 12:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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mattstocum ◴[16 Aug 13 12:45 UTC] No.6223613[source]▶
And how many failed projects came out of 20% time?
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tomjen3 ◴[16 Aug 13 13:10 UTC] No.6223741[source]▶
None, failures tend to be abandoned early in most cases.

Besides if you care about failure then you don't belong in the tech industry.

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jimmaswell ◴[16 Aug 13 14:03 UTC] No.6224011[source]▶
What a strange sentiment. We should all just not care about being successful?
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1. tomjen3 ◴[17 Aug 13 15:22 UTC] No.6229313[source]▶
You should care about successes, but you should ignore the failures that will follow.