# Monzo Time: Working on projects outside our product roadmap **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Updates\ **Created:** [26 June 2018 12:03 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852 "2018-06-26T12:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bea](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/bea/32/29111_2.png) [@bea](https://community.monzo.com/u/bea)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 12:03 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/1 "2018-06-26T12:03:12Z")
The amazing @emmag explains why our engineers spend some time each month working on other projects. And, together with @kavi and @anon8997347, she shares the stories of some of the features that started life during Monzo Time! > **[Monzo Time: Working on projects outside our product roadmap](https://monzo.com/blog/2018/06/26/monzo-time/)** > > Android platform lead Emma explains why our engineers spend one day each month working on ideas that aren’t in the roadmap, and shares some of the familiar features that were built during Monzo time! ---
**Author:** ![Anzo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/anzo/32/49285_2.png) [@Anzo](https://community.monzo.com/u/Anzo)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 14:15 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/2 "2018-06-26T14:15:49Z")
There are some neat ideas here. I’m very curious about drunk mode 🙈 ---
**Author:** ![jwhiterz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jwhiterz](https://community.monzo.com/u/jwhiterz)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 14:16 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/3 "2018-06-26T14:16:56Z")
I wish more companies would do this ❤️ ---
**Author:** ![jwhiterz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jwhiterz](https://community.monzo.com/u/jwhiterz)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 14:43 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/5 "2018-06-26T14:43:47Z")
We don’t get anything like that ☹ unfair… ---
**Author:** ![evangelskies](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/evangelskies/32/48755_2.png) [@evangelskies](https://community.monzo.com/u/evangelskies)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 15:15 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/7 "2018-06-26T15:15:30Z")
This is such a great idea! Love seeing how ideas are constantly being looked at and collaborated on + reprioritised based on feedback. I think it’s definitely something more companies should do ---
**Author:** ![anon7309324](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@anon7309324](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon7309324)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 15:41 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/8 "2018-06-26T15:41:19Z")
Eugh working at a legacy bank, I don’t get any of this. We use open source software in so much of our work, but management won’t give us time to contribute back. Typical corporate 💩 ☹️ ---
**Author:** ![alexbrooks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/alexbrooks/32/48426_2.png) [@alexbrooks](https://community.monzo.com/u/alexbrooks)\ **Post date:** [26 June 2018 16:11 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/9 "2018-06-26T16:11:13Z")
“Ability to block certain merchants without pausing card”. Absolutely all over this! When my card was cloned all the transaction were attempted via the same merchant, I really needed to use my card so I would periodically un-pause my card to use it (risky!). ---
**Author:** ![shizzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@shizzle](https://community.monzo.com/u/shizzle)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2018 09:54 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/10 "2018-07-20T09:54:15Z")
I like the idea of bringing up banks logo when entering thier sort codes ---
**Author:** ![glasgow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@glasgow](https://community.monzo.com/u/glasgow)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2018 09:57 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/11 "2018-07-20T09:57:07Z")
I think this is already in - at least when I set up a standing order last week I got the banks logo for it. ---
**Author:** ![goncalo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@goncalo](https://community.monzo.com/u/goncalo)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2018 09:57 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/12 "2018-07-20T09:57:11Z")
The Android ticket on the left column seems like a process smell, somehow rushing a non functional requirement through the free project time. I’d wonder why it wasn’t on the official android roadmap - I’d guess it is the lack of external visibility for customers. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![jwhiterz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jwhiterz](https://community.monzo.com/u/jwhiterz)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2018 10:09 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/13 "2018-07-20T10:09:09Z")
I can confirm it is. I noticed it yesterday. Nice little addition 👍🏼 ---
**Author:** ![gordonjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@gordonjb](https://community.monzo.com/u/gordonjb)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2018 11:43 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/monzo-time-working-on-projects-outside-our-product-roadmap/40852/14 "2018-07-20T11:43:34Z")
Reads to me like a developer quality of life/ease of debugging change that isn’t necessary but would be nice to have from their point of view.