At Google, Burn Things Up With Giant Lens During Lunch
Going Like Sixty — April 10, 2009 — Pop Culture
References: googleblog.blogspot
Here’s why it would be cool to be a Googler: You get to buy giant magnifying lenses and burn things up while on “lunch hour.”
“A. Googler” writes:
Yup, allowing employees to burn things on the clock has nothing to do whatsoever with making Google a better company. It was cool and they could afford it, so they did it. On the other hand, that’s sometimes the best way to release creativity...
“A. Googler” writes:
It’s like when you were a kid and tried to burn ants with a pocket magnifying glass--but 400 times stronger.
Yup, allowing employees to burn things on the clock has nothing to do whatsoever with making Google a better company. It was cool and they could afford it, so they did it. On the other hand, that’s sometimes the best way to release creativity...
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