Valve The co -founder and head of Gabe Newell offered a occasional insight into his life, telling about his days of life, work and enjoying life on “Łódź”.
In an interview with a YouTuber named Zalkar Saliev, who had only 19 subscribers at that time interview The clips started (they have acquired several hundred more since then), 62-year-old Newell said that he worked seven days a week from his bedroom on his superstar, because it is “fun” and still “likes to work”.
He asked to describe his daily routine in the intelligence valve Gamer PC It is real, Newell said: “I get up, work, go diving, I work a little more. Either I go to the second diving on the Acquirus, or I go to the gym and exercise. Then I work. I live on a boat, so I just spend time with everyone on the boat.”
“I work seven days a week,” he added. “I work from my bedroom, how can you say. I like to work. It’s fun. For me it doesn’t seem to be a job. Types of things I do every day are super amazing. I said it earlier, but when you retire, you want to stop doing my terrible job, and then do what is most fun and fun. And so in this sense, I was retired for a long time.”
Developing the types of work that are nowadays, Newell said: “Working with Drew and Jeremy for AI or Chris for steam things … In one of the companies, we are working on a device detecting aerosol pathogens so that you can see all pathogens in the air. The interfaces of the brain computer are incredibly cool, and all related neuronauka is amazing.
“But this is not:” Oh my God, I’m late at night, slaving things. ” It’s more that I couldn’t go to sleep because I have fun, you know? “
Valve, a studio behind breakthrough hits Half -lifeIN He left 4 deadIN Dota 2AND CounterattackIt is also a company that stands in the Steam online game platform in the industry, as well as recognized Steam deck Manual system. From 2021, He employed 336 people As part of hardware, steam and development departments.
Newell previously worked at Microsoft, where he helped to create the first versions of the Windows operating system, but in 1996 he left Valve with Mike Harrington and develop the first game in the Half-Life studio.
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