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Wasn’t sure if this was sarcasm but for anyone thinking this as a serious one, heavy recommendation to Innovators Solution and Innovators Dilemma, which go into why this isn’t the …

Awesome. Would you mind answering the question posed above you? I’m definitely curious myself.

"I've been in so many meetings where an engineer, a PM, or a director would say, "oh, compared to the backend, the mobile part should be simple enough... it's just another frontend…

Fair enough! Thanks. I’ll edit! (or apparently I can't, but I'll note it for the future - feel free to take out my last sentence there if you have editing privileges!)

The timeline of events is pretty evident from DHHs twitter feed + this article. They had the meeting in the morning, and by the afternoon he had mustered up the energy to go back o…

DHH was “so sick” that he was barely present for the most important meeting of his career. Fortunately he was able to post on Twitter several hours later storming at Apple, then go…

You're enacting a no hire rule for 30 people specifically?

Appreciate you too!

LOL I take it you’re not a fan of design or marketing by this response? ;) (Just having fun btw and not meaning to insult/offend)

I elaborated on this more in my other response but: “ I never would have thought to not work there because they didn't share my race. That would have been bigoted.” There’s a wealt…

Actually that’s not at all why I brought it up. There’s a concept called “the pioneer tax” where being the first X of anything means you’re the pioneer. For example, the first fema…

Just a note that I’m astounded that a remark saying “hey, I’ve hired a diverse team, here are some structural things I’ve found that helped - tell me more about your team makeup” i…

Guess the experiences here are pretty diverse. I’ve not had a problem hiring or competing with FAANG for excellent+qualified female / non-white talent. What’s the current gender ma…

“I don’t see a single standout among the folks leaving” (emphasis mine) Considering that those folks include one of the Rails core contributors, the Head of Design, and the Head of…

"but employees serve the leadership, not the other way around. " Leadership is all about serving the people you're shepherding. There is a responsibility and a stewardship that com…

So to preface this response a bit...I don't know that for me as a leader, it should or would be about adding fuel to the fire or enraging more people; if I'm DHH, it's not the feel…

And many other people do see it as such. What are we gaining from pointing out there are many people seeing it in both ways? =)

You should give "The Alliance" by Reid Hoffman a read. Excellent book - the first half, anyway - and I think it might give you a different perspective (or at least some food for th…

Person you're replying to was mentioning customers quitting, not employees (and I have seen a number of people mentioning they've cancelled their Basecamp or Hey subscriptions toda…

FWIW I hire (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread) and I believe it.

“I’ll bet Basecamp is a better place to work now than it was a week ago” I don’t know, if my week at work concluded with one of the founders going on a blocking spree and leading t…

> But still it's absolutely innocent fun. Not if you're one of the injured parties.

Appreciated, and glad I was able to clarify things for you!

I share a similar background to yours (employee, leader, founder, diverse org size) and would have agreed with you if it were not for the context of these changes. I too want to en…

For me, here's a common thread going through everything that's happened to Basecamp in the last several days and in laser focus today. Today 1/3rd of the employees left Basecamp. A…