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[–] uberkalden@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol, downvote this guy for pointing out that it might not make sense for your company to pay for your personal projects

[–] hibsen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I didn’t, but I get why. It’s a specious argument — it doesn’t matter if 99% of them are useless. It matters if the 1% that become ubiquitous for whatever reason provide utility that makes the useless ones worth it.

Yeah you can run a company that never provides any time or resources to tinker, but only if you’re okay with innovation never happening again.

Maybe because it's a wise investment to encourage knowledge workers gain additional experience working on things they enjoy even if you might not be able to pick up one of those things and directly make another revenue stream out of it.