#BASECAMP

I find it surprising that people say "now we can see that we never needed to do seminars/conferences/classes in person", to me the lesson has been rather how much of
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Coinbase walked, so BaseCamp could run, so Elon could fly. #basecamp says political discussion at work is “a major distraction” that “saps our energy". The key is who is "ours"?
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Also for the "but Rails is more expensive to scale" people: Procore's IPO filing showed gross margin of _82 god-damned percent_. Shopify's gross margin on their subscription solutions (the Rails
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As a result of the recent changes at Basecamp, today is my last day at the company. I joined over 15 years ago as a junior programmer and I’ve been
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Marketing observation:People don't buy products and services. They buy outcomes. But in order to get an outcome, they need to go through a transformation.That's where you want to focus your
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hey let's stop idolizing these "leaders" nowhttps://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5 you heard it here first, there's no social impact in the spaces of project management, communication, or email.truly revo
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I am genuinely impressed by this post. They really just took every possible bad leadership idea and ran with every single one of themhttps://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5 everyone's been commenting on the politics,
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Deeply disappointed by the latest Basecamp announcement. I stand by my recent comments about this historical moment. Social contracts are being renegotiated. In the process we will discover the limits
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Shorter Basecamp:"People of colour and their ability to function safely and effectively at work is no longer our concern. It's gotten difficult and awkward, so we're taking off the table."https://world.hey.com/jason/change
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Bravo, Reddit! This is the fair way to go https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/success/reddit-salary-adjustment/index.html This concept of paying people the same when they do the same work at the same level of seniority is
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Emotions dump incoming. I applied for a job at @basecamp 1.5 yrs ago. I saw the posting and it was a dream job really. I was hesitant to apply because
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This is not my company or my employer. I hope that Basecamp doesn't prove to be a trendsetter, because there is a lot of backwards thinking in these moves.https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5 Paraphrased,
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This statement from @basecamp's leadership is one we heard from @coinbase and others will followThe push to turn back; to recapture what was, although comforting, isn't possible and soon these
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@dhh & @jasonfried, if you really want to show employees, clients & stakeholders that you care about having an inclusive workplace at @basecamp you need a DEI Strategy. If you
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More white guys in tech deciding that their company and their money is gonna be separate from what’s happening in the world. - Changes at Basecamphttps://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5 Here’s Fried 10 days
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My heart goes out to the employees squeezed by this. https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5I know how it'd read if where I worked posted something like this and it would not be good. Reading
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