Re:Several out of work as Valve makes 'large decisions' abou...
by franciscoap on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @06:58PM
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OK, speculation time.
My view: Valve is retreating from building the Steambox in-house.
Gamasutra mentions that the layouts might have affected the Android and Hardware divisions the most. The Valve Employee Handbook states that the ideal employee is t-shaped, which, I assume, might not fit the profile of someone hired to do Steambox engineering and prototyping.
Exciting times. I really didn't expect Valve to do something like this. Will be following developments closely.
My view: Valve is retreating from building the Steambox in-house.
Gamasutra mentions that the layouts might have affected the Android and Hardware divisions the most. The Valve Employee Handbook states that the ideal employee is t-shaped, which, I assume, might not fit the profile of someone hired to do Steambox engineering and prototyping.
Exciting times. I really didn't expect Valve to do something like this. Will be following developments closely.