i'm a dev/op who wears many development hats: frontend / backend / sysadmin / system wide improvements, security/crypto/red team, etc.

i use arch on the mac air they gave me at my job. i told them in the interview if they gave me a mac i would wipe it, and told me as long as i can get he job done, and adhere to their security guidelines i was free to do what i wished.

idk about value over pay, but we have many perks at my job.

we have an arcade with video games, pingpong, billiards, darts, etc. as well as an indoor basketball court. endless supply coffee and soda. catered lunches everyday but friday (we have random food trucks on fridays). we have so many monitors, you can use as many as you can physically plug-in ;D