Ask HN: Which tech companies are friendliest to side projects?

[i_am_not_elon]

Are any of you familiar with any USA Fortune 500 tech companies with cultures that are amenable to (and perhaps even encouraging of) employees having side projects?

[streetcat1]

Is this before the project success or after?

[i_am_not_elon]

haha great question - either, i suppose :)