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Valve opening an office in SF

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Wow, that's definitely a step in the right direction. Valve has been picking up reverse-engineers (to work on VAC) for years and I've always thought about applying, but didn't want to live in WA. While I also don't particularly want to live in SF, it definitely makes it far more tempting. Very interesting.

Valve definitely seems like a very very awesome place. I also hope to emulate their style of operations in the business i'm working on getting of the ground.

Its unclear though, if this actually means that a full on office is being rolled out in the bay area, or if its part of the agreement for getting that group of devs?

Reading between the lines, I would guess that part of the acquisition terms include that the acquired group of devs will stick around to build out a San Francisco office.

I wonder what their objective is by opening up a new studio in SF. If you look at their [employee handbook](http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf), you'll immediately see that their corporate culture is the complete antithesis of most other game companies. It's not that I don't think that they'll be able to find people ( loads of people in the bay area would probably love working there), but that they're probably better off hiring from MS than from EA.

Does this mean Steam sales tax for California residents?

When I learn the location of their base, I will camp outside so I can croon sweet nothings to them as they set up the office.

Neat, would love to invite some Valve people over to talk at Kiva, management here have been pretty receptive to some of the ideas of how Valve works.

I kind of wonder if they are actually moving to San Francisco, the "San Francisco Peninsula" thing makes it sound like they are going to have an office in South San Francisco or Redwood City or something.

Well I know where I want to intern this Summer. :)

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