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Valve boss Gabe Newell reveals daily routine in bizarre new interview: "I get up, I work, I go scuba-diving, then work some more" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 129 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Bizzare"? That's pretty much what I expected of Gabe. I don't imagine he has to work particularly hard. Most CEOs try to hide how much they don't do.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Having known a number of CEOs over the years, they arent the ones waking up for those 3am calls unless it's a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.

    They honestly shouldn't be the ones taking emergency calls either since most of the time they'll be in the way.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Gabe Newell is not a usual CEO though.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    He's definitely also not a "fixes the bug himself" CEO.

    We can pretend he's different. I can freely admit that I like to think he's different. But no way in hell is he fixing any kind of problem, that arises in the middle of the night, himself.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    unless it's a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.

    If that's not an issue relating directly to their role I don't know what it.

    The only reason they'd wake up 3AM for some crisis is if either the market is collapsing or their company is collapsing. Those things happening unexpectedly is something the majority of CEO-s will never experience. I guess it doesn't suck to be a CEO when the sucky thing almost never happen.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And the market is only open from 9:30-4. Not that steam is even publicly traded.

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