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 toge

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.