Scott Sebelius

Builder of teams and software, techie, sports fan, chef, beer drinker. Currently @chime. Previously @github He/Him. Opinions expressed are mine only.

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@44

[Scott Sebelius @scottsebelius]

@44 Goals should be about what you want to accomplish, what skills you are working on, what traits you need to improve and use projects as a means to that end. Goals listed as projects to complete are not goals. You're just listing what the company is asking you to do right now.

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@EricaJoy Congrats! So exciting and stressful at the same time.

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@jennleaver @stripe Fuck that. Fuck them. You’re better than that and they don’t deserve you.

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TFW your CEO says "I don't think there is anything more important in my lifetime to work on"... and it's NOT the company you work for.

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@jennleaver @stripe Amazing! Congrats Jenn!!

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His original plan was USC. I don't even know where he got the idea of Ivy league schools. I wonder what he's reading when we're not around.

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My 10yo son not so subtly announced that his plan is to attend (probably) either Harvard or Yale. Yikes. Well then, I guess I've got to not so subtly start to figure out how the hell I'm going to pay for that.

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How is it that it's 2021, Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and meme stocks are a thing and yet we still need to sit on hold for 20 minutes listening to shitty hold music until we get to speak with a completely unhelpful customer service representative?

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@nickcald If they’re lucky.

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I’m gonna lighten up the mood a bit. Here’s my 10 year old playing catch with our 80+ year old neighbor. This is what the world is about.

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Look. I just don’t get it. Basecamp isn’t 1,000 or even 500 people. I don’t care what bullshit rhetoric you believe, but your losing 50% of your employees and probably another 25% checked out. What’s the end game here? There’s no coming back from this.

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A few years from now we’re all going to be reading the new leadership book. “Don’t do what Basecamp did”. It’ll be 20 pages long and is made of copies of DHH and Jason’s blog posts and tweets followed up by a mass of leaving announcements. Fastest and most effective lesson ever.

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I’ve totally lost count the number of people who’ve announced their leaving Basecamp. Good for them. Now let’s all hire them and find them jobs where their employer gives a shit about them.

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There are people whose entire lives are a political statement in some way. Asking them to not have to "to deal with heavy political or societal debates unconnected to that work" is isn't just impossible it's asking them to ignore who they are. Shame on you @basecamp.

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Well now.... isn’t this just incredible disappointing. If you’ve ever wanted to work at Basecamp it’s time to rethink your goals. If you know someone there it might be good to check in on how they’re doing.

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[(past account, never updated) @whereistanya]

Your staff-plus engineers are your engineering culture. You get more of whatever you promote.

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If you’re a baseball fan and don’t follow @BauerOutage and @tatis_jr you’re missing everything great about the game right. Legit competition and respect for performance and talent.

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You can’t be a successful remote company unless being in office or at home gives doesn’t matter and everyone has the same access to discussions, decisions, and opportunity.

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Thread on hybrid and in-office and remote as we look to the next 12 months...

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If you’re a leader in a company who is going to have a hybrid culture you’re going to be fighting a big up hill battle making sure successful remote norms and employees are supported.