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Doesn't Basecamp have something like ~50 employees? It's a very small company. The concerns around the current issues scale to larger companies just the same. B
by taftster 5y ago
Doesn't Basecamp have something like ~50 employees? It's a very small company. The concerns around the current issues scale to larger companies just the same. But saying "1/3 of employees" doesn't really amount to that many people, in this specific case. It feels more hyperbole and click bait to phrase it that way.
I think the impact of this statement would be more interesting with a big company. If Amazon or Microsoft were to lose 1/3 of their workforce, that would be something big. But knowing the size of Basecamp, it just kind of makes me shrug.
I'm guessing that Basecamp will be easily able to replace those people that took the buyout and will probably just be better for it in the long run.
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- eugeniub 5y agoBasecamp isn't a typical company, it has an outsized influence on work culture, development trends, etc. Its CTO is the creator of Ruby on Rails with nearly half a million Twitter followers. One of the people resigning, George Claghorn, also resigned from the Rails core team.
- taftster 5y agoFair point, I think. It's a very impactful company, for sure. But again, the hyperbole around "1/3 of employees" is just too much for me to take seriously. That's 15-20 people? Not that interesting of a story, even for the influence of Basecamp.
- dang 5y ago> I'm guessing not the most popular opinion, let the downvotes commence. Please don't break the site guidelines like this. Your comment would be just fine without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html