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alessandro ( alessandro@lemmy.ca )  to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months ago

Valve veteran slams Tim Sweeney and Epic Games for laying off 1000 people while making 'as much money as possible… and hey Tim, Gabe's better at that than you'

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Valve veteran slams Tim Sweeney and Epic Games for laying off 1000 people while making 'as much money as possible… and hey Tim, Gabe's better at that than you'

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alessandro ( alessandro@lemmy.ca )  to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months ago
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"I worked my ass off at Valve, and I could retire today. I made more money than I'll ever make."
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  • KoboldCoterie ( KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ) 
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    The actual quote that the tagline paraphrases:

    “And so Tim has gone from making games to making one game, spending all his time doing that and trying to make as much money as possible,” says Faliszek. “And I guess well, hey, Tim, Gabe’s better at that than you. I don’t know what to tell you, man, because you stopped caring about making things.”

    Other good quote:

    Faliszek says it infuriates him to see “lazy dev” complaints when companies like Epic “just cut them off at the knees, man.” He suggests looking at the documentary about Half-Life and Valve: “And how many people still work there after all those years?”

    And it turns out the salary was good. Very good. “They care so much about what they’re making that they’re still there and they’re all rewarded handsomely,” says Faliszek. "To be clear, I could retire, I worked my ass off at Valve, and I could retire today. I made more money than I’ll ever make. And the money I made is dwarfed by the people who were there longer than me or before me.

    "But Valve understood that. That’s how you get this thing where people cared, people worked hard, people stayed because they felt they were improving. What they were building on was something that they had agency over and owned. Like, even now, I’m excited when I see the Valve announcement about the VR stuff and everything, that makes me happy.

    • wonderingwanderer ( wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      This guy sounds like The Dude, man!

    • deeferg ( deeferg@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Does anyone know if he’s talking about the Half Life 2 documentary? I’d like to watch whatever one he’s mentioning to learn how Valve runs.

  • danda ( danda@lemmy.zip ) 
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    I like that every article about this guy uses that same photo

  • Green Wizard ( TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Tim S. Weeny is gonna piss his pants throwing a little fit at this lol.

  • cybernihongo ( cybernihongo@reddthat.com ) 
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    Fucking yacht owner.

    • Levi ( Levi@lemmy.ca ) 
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      I think Gabe has a yacht too.

      • iamthetot ( iamthetot@piefed.ca ) 
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        I took the comment to be referring to Gabe, who owns multiple billion dollar yachts.

        • Levi ( Levi@lemmy.ca ) 
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          Ah, my mistake. Nobody should have that much money.

          • iamthetot ( iamthetot@piefed.ca ) 
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            Agreed.

          • lath ( lath@piefed.social ) 
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            As long as people giveth, it shalt be received.

            • yeahiknow3 ( yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      • cybernihongo ( cybernihongo@reddthat.com ) 
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        So this is how I learn that the Tim asshole ALSO has yachts. TIL. Thank you.

        Also the fucking yacht owner owns multiple of these, for your information.

  • Cevilia (they/she/…) ( Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    • thingsiplay ( thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ) 
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      I don’t get this comment. Are you suggesting Gaben is a bad person?

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        • thingsiplay ( thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ) 
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          But why?

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  • firelight ( firelight@startrek.website ) 
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    I’m pretty sure Valve doesn’t even have 1000 employees.

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