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 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.