A very good bit of marketing from Valve, I remember reading this when it was originally leaked (or 'leaked', depending on how cynical you want to be) and being quite impressed with what seemed like a developer paradise. Because in the writing it _does_ sound like a wonderful company, but the fairly recent reporting on internal politics and power struggles at Valve (https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-valve-employee-describes-ruthless...) raise questions about how much the handbook truly represents what goes on, since the time period that Rich Geldreich talks about is from before this version of the handbook. (Previous HN discussion on that article is also very worth reading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17584563)