Though teaching takes the G2G faculty away from their day jobs, many courses are just a few hours long and offered only quarterly, so the time commitment for faculty and students is modest. The classes offer a refreshing change of mental scenery, making people more productive when they return to work. And like 20 percent time, G2G makes for a more creative, fun, generative work environment, where people feel deeply invested in what the company does and is. It’s a small investment of company resources, with huge dividends. The content ranges from the highly technical (search algorithm design; a
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