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Is working at Valve really that great?

• josephschmoe 12y ago
  If you have a relatively equal social structure, it's going to have a lot of things in common with high school. It's a lot better than the alternative.
  • ewzimm 12y ago
    From what I've seen, Valve is aware that this tendency exists and has a lot of ongoing programs to compensate for it. When you have a lot of people working together, there's just no way to ensure that informal power structures don't come up. I'm just glad that Valve is willing to experiment with a horizontal structure and spend time working out solutions for the problems that arise.
• paulhauggis 12y ago
  "would rather work for Valve than run their own studio," This is all well and good..until your boss or manager makes a decision you don't agree with or you are forced to work nights and weekends on a terrible project.
  • mdturnerphys 12y ago
    You may have missed this line: "Among other things, it has an informal hierarchy (people 'don’t have bosses')"
  • voxic11 12y ago
    If you work at valve you don't have a boss.
    • aNotherGuy123 12y ago
      That sounds more like "no-one is nominally in charge. Decisions are made by a clique, which you may or may not be a part of."
  • seanflyon 12y ago
    Employees at Valve choose their own projects and don't have bosses...
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