The four lessons other developers can learn from the Valve employee handbook | VentureBeat
Valve recently released its Handbook for New Employees which does a great job of explaining the culture at the incredibly successful development studio. We've taken the most valuable lessons from the guide and collected them here for all other game developers to learn from.
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