[Starpluck]

The handbook: http://cdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf

Seems like an awesome company, which is not surprising to say the least.

[Wii60]

Google Docs " I don't wanna download a PDF" edition:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...wRes.pdf&pli=1



i like how valve barely has any employee structure whatsoever

[Mr.T]

Valve is one of the places I would gladly work for.

[Naaz]

Now we need Apple's handbook.

[Deaver]

I wish I could work for Valve.

[Xploder]

Naaz posted:

Now we need Apple's handbook.

Here you go!

[Flubadoo]

Pretty steep requirements, just from looking at their jobs page.

[Marik Bentusi]

Working for Valve sounds like a privilege for me. Not because it's about videogames either. It's because you come together with smart and passionate people to create something excellent that will make other people happy.

[mak13two]

[Polaco202]

"Empty Shelf on Fifth Floor—Place we’re planning on putting all those
awards for Ricochet once the gaming world finally catches up with it."

Love it

[bord2tears]

Haha:

[Reader]

HL3 confirmed.

[Te Great Skeeve]

"Method to move your desk"

Company vacations... woah

valve is too cool oh god

[mr apple]

Bit late there Starpluck

[bord2tears]

Cool:

Why does your desk have wheels? Think of those wheels as a symbolic
reminder that you should always be considering where you could move
yourself to be more valuable. But also think of those wheels as literal
wheels, because that’s what they are, and you’ll be able to actually move
your desk with them.
You’ll notice people moving frequently; often whole teams will move
their desks to be closer to each other. There is no organizational
structure keeping you from being in close proximity to the people
who you’d help or be helped by most.
The fact that everyone is always moving around within the company
makes people hard to find. That’s why we have http://user—check it
out. We know where you are based on where your machine is plugged
in, so use this site to see a map of where everyone is right now.

[Raidyr]

Just when I thought I couldn't love Valve any more, this comes along.

[mac338]

Wow even between themselves they are awesome, this thing is great, and also

Nobody has ever been fired at Valve for making a mistake.
It wouldn’t make sense for us to operate that way. Providing
the freedom to fail is an important trait of the company—
we couldn’t expect so much of individuals if we also penalized people for errors. Even expensive mistakes, or ones
which result in a very public failure, are genuinely looked at
as opportunities to learn. We can always repair the mistake
or make up for it.

D'aww. They really make their employees feel welcomed.

[smurfy]

Thought this was going to be some blatantly fake book of notes from some employee with HL3 plot details etc

[mac338]

Holy shit it's hilarious, and really nice.

I NEED TO WORK AT VALVE!

[No Party Hats]

bord2tears posted:

Cool:

ok the user-check thing is pretty fucking cool.

[mac338]

Company Vacation—Every year, the company gathers all the employees and
our families, flies us somewhere tropical, and gives us a free weeklong
vacation. Popular pastimes include beard contests, snorkeling, ice cream
socials, jet skiing, or just sitting on the beach chatting with the locals about
how many googly-eyed seashells you should buy from them. (Your feeling:
none. Their counteroffer: Just buy five then.)

I NEED TO WORK AT VALVE

[bobsynergy]

"Ponies-The animals most beloved by those away from their computers, and most despised by people who prefer to hear jokes just once"

Woah, Gabe knows of LMAO Pics?

[parket]

it seems all well and good but not many people can handle the methodology they have in terms of working

[Mr. Someguy]

Mr.T posted:

Valve is one of the places I would gladly work for.

I'd clean the bathrooms at Valve if it means I can work for Gabe. He seems like the best boss ever.

[Frostypunch]

Dang valve you sure are polite

Makes me wanna be a concept artist again knowing that a developer can be this nice

[Hyzo]

mr apple posted:

Bit late there Starpluck

I guess a certain someone needs to learn about the search function!

[Jackald]

The thing that's so lovely about valve is that, despite their lovely, friendly, nigh-on-huggable approach to their employees and their fanbase, all of this stuff actually works

At the end of the day, their loose and friendly atmosphere frequently outperforms rigid and totalitarian companies like Activision and EA in terms of the quality of games they produce (and, I expect, financially too)

[GameDev]

Why do I need to pick my own projects?

We’ve heard that other companies have people allocate a
percentage of their time to self-directed projects. At Valve,
that percentage is 100. Since Valve is flat, people don’t join projects because
they’re told to. Instead, you’ll decide what to work on
after asking yourself the right questions (more on that
later). Employees vote on projects with their feet (or desk
wheels). Strong projects are ones in which people can
see demonstrated value; they staff up easily. This means
there are any number of internal recruiting efforts constantly under way.

My life goal is to work at Valve.

[ac/14]

if only other companies took example of valve's sucsess and how the operate.

[maurits150]

Ponies—The animals most beloved by those away from their computers,
and most despised by people who prefer to hear jokes just once.

edit

fucking ninja'd

[STeel]

mac338 posted:

Wow even between themselves they are awesome, this thing is great, and also

D'aww. They really make their employees feel welcomed.

Any company that has a lot of tense and bad inside relations will ultimately produce worse and worse products
They also lack the attitude many companies have of "I'm the boss and fuck you and everything you want" which only the military can compete with

[Red scout?]

Well, their structure seems very awesome, Would love to work there.

[mac338]

Either way I'm moving to Seattle and looking at every available job opening they may have.

[J!NX]

Valve is best

if I could work at valve as merely a janitor for 13$/h, I happily would do it for a long time.

"Manager—The kind of people we don’t have any of. So if you see one, tell
somebody, because it’s probably the ghost of whoever was in this building
before us. Whatever you do, don’t let him give you a presentation on
paradigms in spectral proactivity."

[Lukeo]

Empty Shelf on Fifth Floor - Place we're planning on putting all those awards for Ricochet once the gaming world finally catches up with it

[Barlow]

Hence why Valve is so Successful compared to the corporate seriousness of Electronic Arts.

"What if I screw up?
Nobody has ever been fired at Valve for making a mistake." = The 1# Rule to a Successful Business.

[Ordigenius]

Guys, what if it is fan-made or fake

[PaChIrA]

Fuck

[.FLAP.JACK.DAN.]

mr apple posted:

Bit late there Starpluck

A good 3 hours late.

[nikomo]

You know you're slightly different from other people when you're more excited over the structuring than the week-long company vacation.