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This latest Steam update is particularly awful. The client needs a major refactor, not a simple reskin. It reminds me of Microsoft's ham-fisted attempts to "imp
by tzakrajs 8y ago
This latest Steam update is particularly awful. The client needs a major refactor, not a simple reskin. It reminds me of Microsoft's ham-fisted attempts to "improve" Skype.
- naravara 8y agoHonestly nothing I've seen out of Valve lately gives me much faith in the company's prospects. They kind of just seem to suck at execution. I used to work in non-profits and I used to see similar types of stuff there. Good ideas, sloppily thrown together with lots of glaring oversights throughout. They got away with that in the early days because the state on online computer games was so dismal. Their chief competition was services like Limewire and Bittorrent. But we don't live in that world and if they don't get their house in order someone's going to drink their milkshake.
- tzakrajs 8y agoI have noticed this trend in tech where folks' incredible contributions to the company go unsupported and unrewarded because it didn't align with the goals of some executive. At Valve, where management goals are heavily obfuscated by the "flat" structure of the organization, there are even fewer champions to support and reward you for big impact -- so I am not surprised that no one is able to take meaningful risk nor execute on it.