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Gabe Newell: Reflections of a Video Game Maker

The LBJ School · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Gabe Newell, founder of Valve, gives a talk at the LBJ School on productivity, economics, political institutions and the future of corporations. He discusses Valve's hiring and pay, its flat structure and an open-office anecdote.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it for how Valve works: hiring unconventional talent, paying by value, firing as aggressively as hiring, and why open offices fail.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “Valve founder Gabe Newell gave a talk about productivity, economics and corporations that you might find of interest”

    Gabe Newell talk on productivity, economics and corporations

    MakingOfGames, 2014-05 · Recommendation · in “Valve’s Design Process For Creating Half-Life (1999)”

  2. “One of my favourite anecdotes about open offices is 22m in to this video[1], where Gabe Newell of Valve talks about his desire to have one office per person”

    Newell's anecdote about wanting private offices and how it failed

    teamonkey, 2015-03 · Recommendation · in “Ending the open office epidemic”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: valve, gabe newell, management, hiring, open office, flat organization

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