$1,000 per year continuing-education stipend. This isn’t about learning a skill people can use at work—it’s about everything outside of work. Want to learn how to play the banjo? It’s on us. Want to learn how to cook? It’s on us. None of these things have anything to do with work at Basecamp—they all have to do with encouraging people to do things they’ve always wanted to do but needed a bit of encouragement and help to actually make happen.

