I heard somewhere it's very stressful, toxic politics and so on. Not sure where but it's interesting to see a report to the contrary.
Personally I always thought it would be cool to work at Valve, but not anymore. I don't see them doing anything broadly relevant that doesn't involve coasting on the momentum/market share of ancient products. Their VR stuff is cool, but even there it feel like they're lagging behind e.g. Oculus in ways that matter.
It's a premium product, and if I were going to buy a new VR headset right now it'd be the Index, but it's not a generational leap (it's basically a Vive++) and I've lost confidence in Valve to produce such a leap, let alone to bring VR gaming to the mainstream.
I'd love to be proven wrong, because I dislike Oculus. I am simply stating my observation that Valve seems to be in decline.
Personally I always thought it would be cool to work at Valve, but not anymore. I don't see them doing anything broadly relevant that doesn't involve coasting on the momentum/market share of ancient products. Their VR stuff is cool, but even there it feel like they're lagging behind e.g. Oculus in ways that matter.