Valve founders' former employer
Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington both worked at Microsoft before founding Valve in 1996.
Where this was said
Valve Trivia & Steam Machine Wrap-Up
At 1:08:20 · chapter starts 1:05:20
Ellis pivots to trivia, asking what company the Valve founders came from before starting Valve in 1996. Marques and David both write Microsoft — the most logical guess even without prior knowledge — and both are correct. Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington left Microsoft to found Valve in 1996. The Steam Machine discussion closes with the crew largely agreeing: it's a beautifully engineered, genuinely impressive product with a price-to-performance problem that is very hard to ignore. Andrew admits he kind of wants one anyway, knowing full well he'd be paying for convenience. The Valve subreddit, apparently in full meltdown, is warned to stay away from this podcast.
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