Valve Boss Gabe Newell said he has retired in a sense, but in fact, he actually works in his bedroom seven days a week because he has a great time

valve Co-founder and boss Gabe Newell has a rare insight into his life, talking about his life, working and enjoying the life of a “boat”.

When talking to a Youtuber named Zalkar Saliev, he had only 19 subscribers at the time interview The clip went live (they have already received hundreds), Newell, 62, said he worked from the bedroom on his superyacht for seven days a week because it was “funny” and he still “loves to work”.

Asked to describe his daily work in an interview valve PC game player It's true, Newwell said: “I get up, work, I go scuba diving, work a little more. I either go diving once or go to the gym to exercise. Then I work. I live on the boat, so I'm just hanging out on the boat with everyone.”

“I work seven days a week,” he added. “I can tell me that I'm working from the bedroom. I love working. It's fun. For me, what I have to do every day is not like work.”

“The type of work that keeps him busy,” Newell said, “begins working with Drew and Jeremy AI or Chris on Steam… In one of the companies, we're using an aerosol pathogen detection device so you can see all the pathogens in the air.” All pathogens of the brain computer. The brain computer interface is very cool, and all the related neuroscience is very cool and cool.

“But it's not like, 'Oh my god, the things I'm enslaved late at night are enslaved.' It's more like because I'm so happy, can't I fall asleep?”

Valve, a groundbreaking studio, e.g. half life,,,,, left 4 Dead,,,,, dota 2and Counterattackis also the company behind the industry-leading Steam online gaming platform, and the famous Steam deck Handheld system. As of 2021 It employs 336 people Between its hardware, steam and development departments.

Newell previously worked at Microsoft, where he helped create the first version of the Windows operating system, but left in 1996 to build Valve with Mike Harrington and developed the studio's first game, Half-Life.

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