system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do companies like Valve which have a "flat" organizational structure work, seemingly without bosses or direction?
gpt
These kinds of flat structures don't mean that there aren't leaders.  Theoretically everyone is there to do something impactful to the industry, and the more senior folks have good business sense and can figure out what's most important to work on.  Then, since you want to have a big impact, you join on with a cool, impactful project.