Last week I delivered a keynote about power and ethics in tech. During the Q&A, someone asked how a leader espousing liberal values could do something like implode their own company by publishing a public blog prohibiting employees from speaking about societal issues and concerns. To ans| Cat Swetel
Basecamp co-founder Jason Fried wrote in a blog post that political discussions at work were distractions, and also instituted other company changes.| Business Insider
Today I’m going to share my perspective on how Ruby on Rails is developed and governed and how I feel the Basecamp “incident” impacts the future of Rails. I’...| www.schneems.com
Basecamp's controversial new policies reflect the cofounders' resistance to dissent, a former employee told Insider.| Business Insider
Every year or so, some tech CEO does something massively stupid, like declaring “No politics at work!”, or “Trump voters are oppressed and live in fear!”, and we all get a good pained laugh over ho…| charity.wtf
A recounting of my experience job hunting in 2022 for a Software Engineering position.| xavd.id
Jason announced a raft of changes we've made to Basecamp earlier today. By far the most controversial is a new etiquette around societal politics at work, and the stances we'll take as a company. So to expand on that, here's a segment from what I wrote internally on that topic, as part of the announcement to employees at Basecamp. As c...| world.hey.com