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Really impressed with how forward thinking Coinbase is. First with banning distracting and unproductive politics at work, and now embracing full remote work. Th

Really impressed with how forward thinking Coinbase is. First with banning distracting and unproductive politics at work, and now embracing full remote work. They will do well in attracting talent while big tech companies linger on with their archaic commitment to physical workspaces and tiresome commutes in expensive places.

gangstead 6y ago
Are you conflating Coinbase with Basecamp? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 edit wish I could delete. I'm sorry for being one step behind on the HN treadmill. I had only read about Basecamp's announcement.
- Klonoar 6y ago
  I take it you missed when Coinbase did it first.
  - gangstead 6y ago
    I did indeed. The only headline I had seen here on HN was about ~~Coin~~Basecamp and I have been thoroughly reprimanded. It really adds new perspective to Basecamp's announcement though because I thought some of their changes seemed unrelated or out of proportion to the "Best Names" list.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
  Coinbase did it first: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...
- rvz 6y ago
  Coinbase was first, then Basecamp followed.
- _keats 6y ago
  Its likely they are referring to [0] where Coinbase announced that they were going to be discouraging internal focus on "broader societal issues" and "political causes". [0] https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...
max_hammer 6y ago
How did they banned politics ?
- throwawaysea 6y ago
  See https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...
anonytrary 6y ago
Basecamp got cancelled for doing the exact same thing. Apparently, people who build fluff products are bored and just want to talk about politics and DEI all day at work.
xiphias2 6y ago
Binance was fully remote from the start and growing vary fast last year, also Bitcoin and Ethereum development is fully remote (I'm not sure about Uniswap though for example).

gangstead 6y ago

Are you conflating Coinbase with Basecamp? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 edit wish I could delete. I'm sorry for being one step behind on the HN treadmill. I had only read about Basecamp's announcement.

Klonoar 6y ago
I take it you missed when Coinbase did it first.
- gangstead 6y ago
  I did indeed. The only headline I had seen here on HN was about ~~Coin~~Basecamp and I have been thoroughly reprimanded. It really adds new perspective to Basecamp's announcement though because I thought some of their changes seemed unrelated or out of proportion to the "Best Names" list.
fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
Coinbase did it first: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...
rvz 6y ago
Coinbase was first, then Basecamp followed.
_keats 6y ago
Its likely they are referring to [0] where Coinbase announced that they were going to be discouraging internal focus on "broader societal issues" and "political causes". [0] https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...

max_hammer 6y ago

How did they banned politics ?

throwawaysea 6y ago
See https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...

anonytrary 6y ago

Basecamp got cancelled for doing the exact same thing. Apparently, people who build fluff products are bored and just want to talk about politics and DEI all day at work.

xiphias2 6y ago

Binance was fully remote from the start and growing vary fast last year, also Bitcoin and Ethereum development is fully remote (I'm not sure about Uniswap though for example).