No idea, but I once heard that at Valve, employees are completely free to choose what they work on, and that various hit games were initiatives from a bunch of developers who had a cool idea and decided to organise to build it. Gabe supposedly just hires smart people and trusts them to be smart enough to decide what needs to be done.
No idea if that's true, but if it is, that attitude strikes me as left-libertarian.
I don't know if they still operate that way, but the Valve Manual For New Employees is actually a fun read. Evidently you just roll your desk over to the project group you want to be a part of and roll with it.
> Gabe supposedly just hires smart people and trusts them to be smart enough to decide what needs to be done.
I mean... that's the dream for everyone responsible for overseeing workers and/or managers in more normally structured organizations, or am I wrong in that assumption?
Also, Valve can afford this "organization" because their money most likely isn't going to run out from a few failed projects over the years.
encom|5 years ago
mcv|5 years ago
No idea if that's true, but if it is, that attitude strikes me as left-libertarian.
osobo|5 years ago
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/valve/Valve_NewEmployee...
Lev1a|5 years ago
I mean... that's the dream for everyone responsible for overseeing workers and/or managers in more normally structured organizations, or am I wrong in that assumption?
Also, Valve can afford this "organization" because their money most likely isn't going to run out from a few failed projects over the years.
rasz|5 years ago