Just guessing, Czechia? The Central European software engineering market seems to be softening as well, likely due to second-order effects from the U.S. tech layoffs and decreased demand for remote roles from SV companies.
Are they, though? My thinking is that their roadmap is heavily focused on the SDLC and solving problems related to software development, so their model will be optimized for that domain. That leaves room in the market for models that are specialized in other areas of expertise.
These decisions always depend on the lifecycle of the product. I assume that at Basecamp’s level of maturity, where it has reached a certain saturation point and growth and usage are fairly predictable, it makes perfect sense to make a strategic decision like this and commit to a long-term bet.
Regardless, kudos to DHH and team for being so vocal about it, it's a great case study for product teams in similar lifecycle.
This is a bit of a puzzling "announcement". Does anyone have more details on what’s actually changing?
I don’t really use Facebook itself anymore, I’ve mostly kept Messenger for messaging. Curious whether this is an attempt to push users back toward the main feed experience.
The article is surprisingly missing the most important part: a cost comparison. I understand and share the frustration with rising prices and ads creeping into paid plans, but for people who value optionality and broad access, streaming is still meaningfully cheaper than owning content.
In many cases, the price of a single movie is comparable to an entire month of a streaming service, which gives access to thousands of titles. Ownership can make sense if you repeatedly watch a small, fixed catalog over many years, but for most casual or exploratory viewing, the economics still favor streaming.
Can we remove this? While this war is a horrible tragedy, I’m of that opinion that we should not discuss geopolitics on this site unless it’s directly impacting the core topics we are all here for.
It’s too soon to know, but this could make 3-year H-1B renewals hugely problematic. That would be a major blow to the program. I was fortunate to get mine in 2014 without a single problem. There’s no way I’d expect someone to get through this process today. And realistically, most companies aren’t going to pay such a large premium just for a typical software engineer.
> To illustrate this in dollar terms, consider an acquihire exit. At 1% of $10 million, the acquihire nets the Founding Engineer around $100,000, enough to buy a nice Tesla. Meanwhile, the founders net $4.8 million, enough to buy a house in Palo Alto, a small yacht, and two nice Teslas.
I stopped reading after this paragraph. Why to take advice from articles that is presenting delusional scenario about the returns? $100k after tax is good enough for Model 3.