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When you hear the name Gabe Newell, what immediately involves mind? For many people, it’s probably Valve, Steam, Half-Life or some combination of the 3. Not many would immediately equate Newell to coding as it’s easy to forget that he’s a programmer first and lord of Valve second. That’s why Google recently invited Newell to talk to computer science students as a part of the Hour of Code – a campaign devoted to getting students interesting in coding and computer science.

In the below Google Hangout, you’ll get to listen to how Newell got into coding and the way having knowledge in computer science greatly impacted his life. If you’re already a coder, you’ll wish to test it out to get more insight into probably the most famous programmers of our time. In the event you aspire to be coders, Newell might just inspire you to bust open that C++ or Visual Basic book and begin studying.

Oh, and people of you desirous to hear about Half-Life 3, you’re not getting it here. You’ll be able to still would like to watch the video though. You could just learn something.