I was thinking the same-- I wonder if they compensate the more market-desirable engineers by giving them more freedom / spare-time than support people get. The

I was thinking the same-- I wonder if they compensate the more market-desirable engineers by giving them more freedom / spare-time than support people get. The article justifies the higher-than-market wage their support folks get, because it helps retention and their support people do a lot more than support. That's fair justification for paying over-market for support people, but it still doesn't seem like justification for a salary that's exactly the same. And I agree that it's silly how companies won't offer 4-day or more-time-off as part of an employment agreement. I'd be seriously interested in a job that allowed me to take extra unpaid vacation time.