> Coinbase’s mission is to create an open financial system for the world. This means we want to use cryptocurrency to bring economic freedom to people all over the world.
Basically sounds like “mission focused” = “do your job”
Well the mission seems inherently political (economic freedom), so coinbase is asking its employees to take a myopic mission focused approach while simultaneously finding the mission inspiring politically and not mentioning politics at work.
Ultimately employees want more than just to punch the clock and pay their mortgage, especially SF knowledge workers.
If you could tell me what point you think I should be drawing from that link, it would be lovely.
Because all I see is the first half devoted to the sort of generic PR speak that any company does about having an aligned vision, and the latter half is about what they're not doing.
Where's the big reveal? What makes being a 'mission focused' company different than just... actually not making political statements? What did the big meta-political statement add to their company?
It was clear the the GP commenter was grasping for something bigger than the actual results provided, and neither that article or your explanation of it added more depth than the Twitter thread alone did.
I don't understand why you need to attach such a large value judgement here? If the answer is "Yeah, it was mostly a PR move re-stating their existing focus" that's fine, it's not any sort of attack.
>Seems like you're incapable of grasping these basic concepts. I believe you may have to be 18 to post here. Here's a better site for underage kids that may not grasp things like company mission statements: www.reddit.com
Ahem
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
RTFA: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...