If you've clicked through the dig sites on this record, you've met the mascots — an Ankylosaurus guarding Operations, a T. rex on Crisis & Support, a Maiasaura on Caregiving. People usually assume I picked them because they're fun. I did. But I also didn't pick them at random.
Ankylosaurus for Operations because it's armored and immovable — built to keep the whole structure standing no matter what hits it, which is exactly what operations work is supposed to do for everything happening around it.
Maiasaura for Caregiving because the name literally translates to "good mother lizard" — it's famous in the fossil record for nesting in colonies and raising hatchlings with real, documented care. Direct client care is the same instinct, just for people instead of dinosaurs.
Troodon for Training & Documentation because it had the largest brain-to-body ratio of any dinosaur we know of. Training work is fundamentally about transferring a working mental model into someone else's head efficiently — felt right.
Deinonychus for Web Design & Builder because it's fast, sharp, and built to execute — the smarter, bigger cousin of the velociraptor. Shipping software fast without cutting corners is the whole job.
Tyrannosaurus rex for Crisis & Support, obviously. The one you call when it's serious.
Every fossil photo linked on this site is a real museum specimen, credited properly under its Creative Commons license — not stock art. If you dig through all eight, you'll have unlocked the full collection down on the Basecamp page. That part's just for fun.