I look at the Steam Deck less as an end product and more of a means.

The Steam Deck is absolutely getting slaughtered by the Switch in terms of sales, but it gives Valve an alternative to the Windows ecosystem that is becoming more hostile as Microsoft tries to muscle in on gaming. I also think that Valve could have designed a Steam Deck variant to compete with the Switch 2, but hasn’t for various reasons

Already, Valve has the technology to create a console to compete with a PS5 and Xbox Series X, but doesn’t seem to want to.

I can’t imagine it would be that much harder to make a Chromebook equivalent, giving it access to the PC market without Windows.

Since Valve is using Linux, developing the tech stack is cheap. Also, Valve seems to be selling hardware for a profit, so it may be more comfortable with slimmer margins.

They are looking for someone to run a department that develops digital tools for the company. Senior leadership has no fucking clue what digital tools they want, but they want something.

You’ll probably be given a free hand to build your team since the ad seems clueless on what they have.

You’ll also be expected to be the subject matter expert for development of digital tools, even if you aren’t expected to develop them.