Comment by ativzzz

> I think the average engineer spends less than 20% of their time on "true" R&D

Based on all of the items in #2, the average software engineer spends close to 0% of their time on R&D - with rare exceptions for those working on cutting edge tech, in research roles or maybe super senior engineers figuring out how to solve complex technical problems

The rest of us just write code and sit in meetings