PyrionFlax on the skills to work at Valve: “You need to be a unique, obsessive person and incredibly talented”

English-speaking caster Ted 'PyrionFlax' Forsythe, in a short interview, told how difficult it is to get a job at Valve using the example of the skills of one of the company's employees.

Edward 'PyrionFlax' Forsih

There was one guy. He was one of the original developers of Dota 2 - Dave. Big guy with a bandana, just a wonderful person. Every sound in Dota is unique, and part of his job was to make sure they were all so distinct and distinctive that when playing you could say, "Oh, I know exactly what that is." Imagine: how many heroes there are, how many abilities, how many objects - and all these sounds are unique and recognizable. This is simply incredible. This is largely his merit. He was simply obsessed with sound and recording. He went out on a rented boat with an underwater microphone to record the sounds of whales in case it would be useful to him later. This guy just lived for the sound. These are the people who created this game. And so every time I hear the sound effect, I always think of Dave and what a great guy he was, so yeah. Hello Dave.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why it is so difficult to get a job at Valve. You need to be a unique, obsessed person and incredibly talented. Everyone you meet there has done something amazing. Yes, they are incredible.

Previously, Maxim 'GabeFollower' Poletaev shared his opinion about the work of Valve's legal department in relation to cheat creators.