I'd be interested to see how it works in practice. Is it actually a bossless structure or does the lack of a "designated" boss simply make senior members into de facto bosses, just bosses that you can't "touch" if they step out of line because "Hey man I'm not your boss, I'm a just a dude who tells you what to do."
Not saying I actually believe valve is bullshitting just that I can imagine peer pressure and "seniority" even if it is relevant or not taking the place of defined structuers in a structureless company. Still, valve employes some 293 people (wikipedia as source) so they're not two dudes in a basement. If it has no serious loss of productivity maybe it is something more companies should try.
Not saying I actually believe valve is bullshitting just that I can imagine peer pressure and "seniority" even if it is relevant or not taking the place of defined structuers in a structureless company. Still, valve employes some 293 people (wikipedia as source) so they're not two dudes in a basement. If it has no serious loss of productivity maybe it is something more companies should try.