> Besides, should some 25 year old Mark Zuckerberg out there > the 21 year old Ivy League people he's hiring 4 years is not such a large delta. It's certainl

> Besides, should some 25 year old Mark Zuckerberg out there > the 21 year old Ivy League people he's hiring 4 years is not such a large delta. It's certainly not sufficient to have all the answers (not even 4 thousand years would). If anything, however brilliant the 25 year old is, they are just barely old enough to have a functioning prefrontal cortex. High level executives are supposed to be making decisions, setting directions and oiling the machine. They aren't supposed to have any answers. "Decisions" is the closest you may get. They are not in the trenches, they by definition know nothing more than the specialized workforce they are hiring. > like Valve's, a place where a lot of people are extremely happy and effective It's also a small place. And Gabe seems to be the sort of guy who asks for and takes lots of feedback. https://www.ign.com/articles/gabe-newell-opens-up-about-valves-past-present-and-unexpected-future-a-ign-first https://www.ign.com/articles/gabe-newell-opens-up-about-valv...