Valve-The Company

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I was prompted by this article HERE to do a lot of research into Valve today and have come to the conclusion that it seems like a pretty sweet deal for anyone interested in any aspect of game development.

http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/30/3575282/at-valve-three-people-could-ship-anything

http://www.valvesoftware.com/jobs/job_postings.html

Good read on game pricing and some (not so)surprising insights into Piracy:
http://www.geekwire.com/2011/experiments-video-game-economics-valves-gabe-newell/

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/04/21/valves-new-employee-handbook-is-as-inspiring-as-the-games-it-makes/

Read the Handbook here, just amazing:

http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf