Beaver@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoValve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employeesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down128
arrow-up1722arrow-down1external-linkValve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employeesarstechnica.comBeaver@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square257fedilink
minus-squareSapphironZA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down1·4 months agoValve is an excellent example of a sustainable tech company. It’s not on the growth at any cost, boom and bust cycle
minus-squareKerred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoI recall in a decades old Texas Univ interview, Gabe said you had to be aggressive in your firing processes. Is the same video I recall they made him put on a horse head and try to hold up three fingers.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·4 months agoThey just provide a service good enough for the more toxic gamers so they won’t get harassed, nothing more beyond that. They have almost nonexistent moderation, and no longer are developing games.
minus-squareFangedWyvern42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoThey are developing a game at the moment, Deadlock. Lots of footage and a dev build leaked a few months ago.
Valve is an excellent example of a sustainable tech company. It’s not on the growth at any cost, boom and bust cycle
I recall in a decades old Texas Univ interview, Gabe said you had to be aggressive in your firing processes.
Is the same video I recall they made him put on a horse head and try to hold up three fingers.
They just provide a service good enough for the more toxic gamers so they won’t get harassed, nothing more beyond that. They have almost nonexistent moderation, and no longer are developing games.
They are developing a game at the moment, Deadlock. Lots of footage and a dev build leaked a few months ago.