I don’t have enough domain knowledge to evaluate this advice that well, but couldn’t a company earn much more than an employee, even after accounting for risk? See the discussion at 80 000 hours for relevant research. Statistics might be different for games than for the industry average, though. 80 000 hours is generally a good resource for evaluating altruistic career decisions. You can, and maybe, depending on your current state of knowledge, should, talk to a member before starting your company.
I wouldn’t advise him to go work at any random company. Most game companies—particularly large ones—are structured in a way that doesn’t mean you’d have a good chance of individual success (versus working anywhere else or doing something else).
At Valve we have one of the highest profits per employees in the world, are owned by our employees, and believe employees should be paid according to the value they generate. So my advice is specific to considering an application to Valve. The potential value of investing in an interview is high given the cost to him is low.
Er, I didn’t mean to retract it, but reword it. We need an unretract feature.
I don’t have enough domain knowledge to evaluate this advice that well, but couldn’t a company earn much more than an employee, even after accounting for risk? See the discussion at 80 000 hours for relevant research. Statistics might be different for games than for the industry average, though. 80 000 hours is generally a good resource for evaluating altruistic career decisions. You can, and maybe, depending on your current state of knowledge, should, talk to a member before starting your company.
I wouldn’t advise him to go work at any random company. Most game companies—particularly large ones—are structured in a way that doesn’t mean you’d have a good chance of individual success (versus working anywhere else or doing something else).
At Valve we have one of the highest profits per employees in the world, are owned by our employees, and believe employees should be paid according to the value they generate. So my advice is specific to considering an application to Valve. The potential value of investing in an interview is high given the cost to him is low.
Er, I didn’t mean to retract it, but reword it. We need an unretract feature.