Ex-Valve employee describes internal politics at 'self-organizing' companies

Re:Ex-Valve employee describes internal politics at 'self-or... by markmark on Sunday July 22, 2018 @12:49AM (#17585332)

Yes. Disgruntled employees leave companies all the time. Yet when one leaves Valve it's because their organisational structure doesn't work, not just that that person wasn't a good fit for the company. Meanwhile Valve probably can't hear what people outside are saying over the noise of their money-printing machine.

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Re:Ex-Valve employee describes internal politics at 'self-or... by jack9 on Sunday July 22, 2018 @02:59AM (#17585599)

I really don't understand how criticisms get so much attention, when it's nothing close to a constructive study. It's just some unhappy employee's porthole and it seems to be too successful to dismiss.

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Re:Ex-Valve employee describes internal politics at 'self-or... by teamonkey on Sunday July 22, 2018 @04:01AM (#17585757)

> seems to be too successful to dismiss

...Or that it worked just well enough while they were creating a platform that set them up as a gatekeeper and quasi-manopoly, and works just well enough to maintain it.

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Re:Ex-Valve employee describes internal politics at 'self-or... by slavik81 on Sunday July 22, 2018 @05:26AM (#17585986)

Were they actually a flat organization during the development of Half-Life 2 and Steam? I had assumed Gabe stepped back from his authority some time during the development of the Half-Life Episodes. If I had to guess, the transition began some time in late '05 and progressed over the next few years. Just a guess, though.

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